People ex rel. Vance v. Ross

The county collector made application in the county court of Edgar county for judgment and order of sale against the property of Walter L. Ross, receiver of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company, defendant in error, for delinquent taxes of 1914. It was admitted that the collector had made a prima facie case, and the cause was submitted to the court upon stipulation as to the facts.

The taxes objected to were the hard road taxes for the town of Ross. On July 24, 1913, a petition signed by freeholders and addressed to the supervisor of the town of Ross was presented to the highway…