Board of Supervisors v. Davenport
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery commenced in February, 1864, in the Circuit Court of Tazewell county, by, John Davenport against the board of supervisors of Tazewell county and Hugh K. Alexander; and the cause was subsequently removed into the Circuit Court of McLean county, upon change of venue.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery commenced in February, 1864, in the Circuit Court of Tazewell county, by, John Davenport against the board of supervisors of Tazewell county and Hugh K. Alexander; and the cause was subsequently removed into the Circuit Court of McLean county, upon change of venue. The bill was to enjoin the board of supervisors of Tazewell county, and Hugh K. Alexander, the collector of taxes for the town and city of Pekin, in said county, from the collection of certain taxes assessed by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
Two questions are presented by this record: First, has a court of chancery jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the bill of complaint, and, second, was the complainant therein a resident of this State, or the property which he controlled as agent, or which he held in his own right, liable to taxation in this State under our revenue laws.
The first question is of no importance if the second is decided against the defendant in error, and to that we will devote our attention.
Very able arguments have been presented on both sides of this question, and we have examined them and deliberated upon…
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