Hammond v. People

This was a bill in chancery brought in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, as complainants, for the use of the People, the county of Hancock, the town of Rocky Run, school district No. 5 in said town, and the Hunt drainage district, against the plaintiffs in error, impleaded with Virginia W. Hammond and others, to foreclose a lien for the taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest and costs against the north-west quarter of section 8, township 3, north, range 9, west of the fourth principal meridian, under section 253 of the Revenue act, it being claimed that this tract had…