People ex rel. Fuller v. Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railroad

This was an application, made at the May term, 1885, of the county court of Coles county, by the county collector of that county, for judgment against delinquent lands and lots in said county for the taxes of the year 1884. Appellee filed objections in said court to the rendition of judgment against its property for the corporation tax of the city of Mattoon. The county court sustained the objections and refused judgment against the property of appellee as to the taxes objected to, and thereupon this appeal was taken by the People.

Section 89, chapter 24, of the City and Village act, says:…