Town of Aurora v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Wbit of Ebbob to the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Isaac G. Wilson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
This bill was brought by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Bailroad Company, against the town of Aurora and the then supervisor of the town, and was to enjoin the supervisor from turning over to the commissioners of highways of the town a certain fund, designated as the “registered bond tax, ” and for other relief touching the same fund. That tax had been levied and collected off the tax-payers of the town for the distinct purpose of paying certain bonds that had been issued by the town under the act of February 18, 1857, to aid in the construction of the “Ottawa, Oswego and Fox Biver Valley…
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- Wabash Railroad v. People ex rel. PattersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Getz v. City of HarveyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941