Huck v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield
The State Board of Equalization assessed the capital stock of the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Company in the year 1875 at $5,723,319, for purposes of taxation ; and the object of the present suit is to enjoin the collection of all taxes, State, county, and municipal, extended upon that assessment.
The Chicago and Alton Railroad Company was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly in force February 18, 1861. The 1st section of the act appoints certain commissioners to organize the corporation, “ subject to all the conditions, franchises, rights and privileges ” conferred by the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wiggins v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Schofield v. WatkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
- O'Kane v. TreatIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
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- Joliet & C. R. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- People ex rel. Thompson v. Illinois Northern RailwayIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
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