People Ex rel. Browning v. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad

At the June term, 1906, of the county court of Franklin county, the county collector made application for judgment and order of sale against the lands of the several appellees herein for delinquent taxes assessed for the year 1905. Numerous objections were filed, which were heard together and sustained and judgment denied in each case, from which judgment an appeal has been prosecuted to this court by the People.

One objection is common to all the appellees except the railroad company, and, since it is vital, it alone, aside from those peculiar to the railroad company, will be considered. The…