People ex rel. Gerstkemper v. Lots in Ashley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Washington county; the Hon. George Verner, Judge, presiding. This was an application to the county court of Washington county, for judgment for taxes against certain lands and lots returned delinquent by the collector of that county.
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Appeal from the County Court of Washington county; the Hon. George Verner, Judge, presiding. This was an application to the county court of Washington county, for judgment for taxes against certain lands and lots returned delinquent by the collector of that county. Objections were filed by John L. Sargent and others, as follows: “Comes John L. Sargent, and files objections to judgment being rendered against lots 18 and 19, block 6, Ashley; and for special objection says, excess in assessment: lot 18 assessed at $25, lot 19 assessed at $300, when lot 18 should have been ■assessed at $12, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
The questions presented by this record, involving the correctness of the judgment for taxes against the lots and tracts of land therein mentioned arise upon the assessment of such lots and tracts. All other requirements of the statute, precedent to the right of the People for judgment for taxes levied, seem to have been strictly conformed to. ' The taxes were levied for purposes authorized by law, and within the limit prescribed.
The county court, upon the application for judgment, heard evidence in respect of 'the assessment, and rendered judgment, against the several tracts involved in this…
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