People Ex Rel. Coffman v. Wabash Railway Co.

The county collector of Macon county made application to the county court of that county for judgment and order of sale of lands returned delinquent for non-payment of taxes for the year 1924. The Wabash Railway Company filed objections to certain of these taxes. On a hearing the objections were overruled, judgment was rendered, and this appeal followed.

For road and bridge purposes the county clerk extended against the taxable property of the town of Decatur a rate of sixty-six cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. The consent in writing of the board of town auditors to the extension of a…