People ex rel. Huck v. Western Seaman's Friend Society
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin R. M. Wallace, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This was an application, by the collector of Cook county, for judgment for taxes against delinquent lands and town lots, made at the July term of court, 1877. Among others, lots 1 and 2, except south 40 feet of block 66, were reported delinquent for the year 1876. The “Western Seaman’s Friend Society” appeared and objected to any judgment against the property, on the ground it was the owner, and that it was an “ institution ” of “ purely public charity.” The objection was sustained, and from the judgment rendered the People prosecute this appeal.
Among property exempt from taxation by the…
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