Hodges v. Crowley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. O. A. Harker, Judge, presiding. By this appeal appellants seek to reverse a decree of the court below perpetually enjoining the collection of a “high-water road tax” and the issuing of anticipation warrants upon such tax.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. O. A. Harker, Judge, presiding. By this appeal appellants seek to reverse a decree of the court below perpetually enjoining the collection of a “high-water road tax” and the issuing of anticipation warrants upon such tax. The bill upon which the decree is based was filed by appellee February 24, 1900, to the following February term of the circuit court of Alexander county, and a temporary writ of injunction was issued. The defendants to the bill, these appellants, entered their appearance and presented a general demurrer to the bill…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Several special reasons are alleged against the validity of the tax. A casual reading of the statute shows that its object and purpose is to evade section 12 of article 9 of the constitution of 1870, which prohibits counties from becoming indebted beyond fivfe per cent on the valuation of their taxable property. Its language is in many respects exceedingly vague, if not meaningless. What is meant by one-half per cent? There is no express requirement that the question of issuing anticipation warrants shall be submitted to a vote of the people, and yet it provides that the warrants shall draw…
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