Fell v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, instituted in the court below, by the board of supervisors of McLean county, against Thomas Fell and his sureties, on his bond as treasurer of said county, to recover a certain sum of money which he had retained as commissions on a war fund raised by a special tax, during the years 1861, 1862 and 1863, under the act of 1861, entitled, an act, “ To encourage…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, instituted in the court below, by the board of supervisors of McLean county, against Thomas Fell and his sureties, on his bond as treasurer of said county, to recover a certain sum of money which he had retained as commissions on a war fund raised by a special tax, during the years 1861, 1862 and 1863, under the act of 1861, entitled, an act, “ To encourage the formation and equipment of volunteer companies.” The further facts in the case are fully stated in the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
Under the act of the legislature of 1861, entitled u An act to encourage the formation and equipment of volunteer companies,” the county of McLean assessed what was called a special war fund tax, during the years 1862, 1863 and 1864. The board of supervisors appointed a disbursing agent, as required by the law, and made an order authorizing the township collectors to pay over the special tax, when collected, ■ directly to this agent. This was done, and this war tax never went into the hands of the county treasurer. Thomas Fell was, during these three years, the county treasurer, and on…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Ballou v. DuboisIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
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