People Ex Rel. County Collector of Whiteside County v. Roth

Mr. Justice. Fulton

delivered the opinion of the court:

The county collector of Whiteside county applied to the county court of that county for judgment for the delinquent taxes paid under protest by the appellee, Claude A. Roth, Trustee of the property of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company on an item levied for the purpose of collecting garbage. The precise question litigated is whether the court properly sustained an objection to the levy of the city of Sterling of $12,500 “for Garbage Collection, payable out of the special Garbage tax.”

The objections assert that the item is vague,…