People Ex Rel. Schmulbach v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

This is an appeal to review the judgment of the county court of St. Clair County overruling a tax objection filed by appellant, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, to a portion of the 1946 tax levy of the town of Mascoutah for road and bridge purposes. No brief has been filed in this court by the collector, appellee.

The stipulated facts show that a majority of the voters of the aforesaid town, on October 23, 1945, at an election conducted under the provisions of sections 56a and 56b of the Roads and Bridges Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 121, pars. 62a and 62b,) voted…