Legal Opinion

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Gilmore

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1899Published

Appeal from the County Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. Rufus C. Bailey, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

The appellant company filed objections to the application of the county collector of Winnebago county for judgment against its property for alleged delinquent district road taxes in districts numbered 3, 8, 9 and 16 in the town of Roscoe and district 12 in the town of Rockton, in said county. The objections were overruled and judgment entered against the property of the appellant company, to reverse which this appeal was perfected.

The towns of Roscoe and Rockton had each adopted the labor system provided for in the statute for the payment in labor of district road taxes. The objection was the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Durham v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. People ex rel. WeltyIllinois Supreme Court · 1898

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