Camp v. Simpson

This was a bill in equity, to enjoin the collection of a tax. assessed for the year 1884, against appellant, under the head, “Credits of others than bank, banker, broker or stock-jobber,. $20,000.”

There is no substantial disagreement between the parties, in regard to the facts upon which the decree of the circuit-court was rendered. In May, 1884, the assessor of the town of Ludlow, in Champaign county, as appears from the evidence, called on appellant for the purpose of assessing his. personal property for that year. The appellant gave the' assessor a list of his personal property, which was…