People Ex Rel. Manifold v. Wabash Railroad

This is an appeal from an order of the county court of Hancock county sustaining objections of the appellee, the Wabash Railroad Company, to judgment for delinquent taxes. The taxes involved are the road and bridge tax of the townships of Montebello, Chili and Prairie, in said county. There is also involved a levy made by the city of Carthage for judgment refunding bonds at a rate in excess of 67 cents extended for corporate purposes. This objection was also sustained by the trial court.

The issue involved in the road and bridge tax is substantially the same in each of the townships. Each…