Trumbo v. People

This was a proceeding originally commenced in the county court of La Salle county, for the purpose of obtaining judgment for a district school tax against certain real estate of appellant. The application for judgment was defeated in the county court, an appeal taken to the circuit court, where judgment was rendered for the taxes and the lands ordered to be sold, from which judgment this appeal was taken.

The question is, as to the rightful formation of the school district which assumed to levy the taxes, and the consequences thereof if not legally formed. The case was tried below upon an…