People Ex Rel. Redfern v. Hopewell Farms

The question presented in this appeal is whether the defendant-appellant, an Illinois not for profit corporation, was an agricultural or horticultural society using its real and personal property exclusively for charitable or beneficial purposes, and not for pecuniary profit, within the purview of art. IX, sec. 3 of the Illinois Constitution of 1870, and ch. 120, sec. 500.10, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969. In a hearing upon the application of the County Collector of Montgomery County for judgment and order for sale upon unpaid and delinquent taxes for the year 1969, and the objections thereto by…