Misner v. Bullard
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Kendall, county; the Hon. Madison E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery in the Circuit Court of Kendall county, brought by Wesley Misner, De Marquis Misner, John Boyd, Jacob Austin, Fletcher Misner, James Evans, Aaron Petty, Kingsley Martin, Henry E. Miers, Elisha Taylor, Samuel Jackson, William Evans, Eben Waters, Lewis Grover, William Whitfield and Stephen Drake, against J. Murray Bullard, town collector of the…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Kendall, county; the Hon. Madison E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery in the Circuit Court of Kendall county, brought by Wesley Misner, De Marquis Misner, John Boyd, Jacob Austin, Fletcher Misner, James Evans, Aaron Petty, Kingsley Martin, Henry E. Miers, Elisha Taylor, Samuel Jackson, William Evans, Eben Waters, Lewis Grover, William Whitfield and Stephen Drake, against J. Murray Bullard, town collector of the town of Fox, to enjoin the collection of a bounty tax levied on the taxable property of the town. A summons was issued on…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was a bill filed by a number of tax payers of the town of Fox, in the county of Kendall, to restrain the collection of a special town tax, levied for the purpose of paying bounties to volunteers to fill the quota of the town, and thereby escape the draft. It appears from the allegations of the bill, that on the 23d<of January, 1865, the town clerk gave notice that a special town meeting would be hold on the 3d day of the ensuing February, “to vote for or against a loan, to be levied by a tax, to procure bounty for volunteers, to fill our quota under the President’s last call for three…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Taylor v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Drake v. PhillipsIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Ryan v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
3Cited by2 opinions
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