Johnson v. Campbell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ogle county; the Hon. W. W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed in the court below by the appellees, Anning O. Campbell, Franklin O. Smith and William Lockwood, against the appellants, Augustus T. Johnson, James E. Sansor, and John L. Easier, to enjoin the collection of a tax, levied to pay indebtedness incurred on account of bounties paid to volunteers, to fill the quota of the town of Byron, and which tax was…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ogle county; the Hon. W. W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed in the court below by the appellees, Anning O. Campbell, Franklin O. Smith and William Lockwood, against the appellants, Augustus T. Johnson, James E. Sansor, and John L. Easier, to enjoin the collection of a tax, levied to pay indebtedness incurred on account of bounties paid to volunteers, to fill the quota of the town of Byron, and which tax was authorized by the act of January 18th, 1865, p. 100, Private Laws. Upon the hearing, the court rendered a decree enjoining the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This case is substantially like that of The People v. Sullivan, 43 Ill. 413. The only difference we observe is, in that, the subscription was made under the act of February 2, 1865, p. 102, Private Laws, while in this, it was made under the act of January 18, 1865, p. 100, Private Laws. In both cases, the town was authorized to levy a bounty tax, and in both it was_necessary, in order to secure the objects of the law, that money should be raised by subscription in advance of its collection by the tax. In both cases, a town meeting voted to levy a tax, and the money advanced by individuals…
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