Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Vaughn v. Welch

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1911PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Lee county; the Hon. Robert M. Scott, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke

The county collector of Lee county made application to the county court for judgment and sale of the lands of appellants for the delinquent taxes assessed by Drainage District No. 3 of the town of Montmorency, in Whiteside county. Appellants jointly filed nineteen objections, which, upon motion of the People, were stricken from the files. Judgment was entered as applied for, and from that judgment this appeal was perfected.

The objections filed by appellants were: (i) That the classification was fraudulently changed after it had been decided upon by the commissioners; (2) that after the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Payson v. People ex rel. ParsonsIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. People ex rel. Arnold v. CarrIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Peotone & Manteno Union Drainage District No. 1 v. AdamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Commissioners of Havana Township Drainage District No. 1 v. KelseyIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Leonard v. ArnoldIllinois Supreme Court · 1910

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Lackey v. Pulaski Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
  2. People Ex Rel. Jones v. AdamsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  3. People ex rel. Freeman v. WhitesellIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. People ex rel. Dorris v. GarnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  5. People Ex Rel. Mann v. AllenIllinois Supreme Court · 1925

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