People ex rel. Mann v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

The county collector of Whiteside county made application for judgment for delinquent taxes, etc., levied by school district No. hi for the year 1922 against certain lands, including the property of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, appellant, and also certain lands owned by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company and the Burlington and Northern Railway Company. The objection of the railroad companies was, in substance, that the board of directors of said school district did not make a school tax levy for the year 1922 until August 4, 1922, which was after the…