Law v. People ex rel. Huck
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin E. M. Wallace, Judge, presiding. This was an application, by the treasurer and ex oficio collector of revenue of Cook county, made at the July term, 1876, of the county court, for judgment for taxes against lands and lots alleged to be delinquent for the year 1875, and for back taxes and forfeitures to the State, together with interest and costs due and unpaid thereon.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin E. M. Wallace, Judge, presiding. This was an application, by the treasurer and ex oficio collector of revenue of Cook county, made at the July term, 1876, of the county court, for judgment for taxes against lands and lots alleged to be delinquent for the year 1875, and for back taxes and forfeitures to the State, together with interest and costs due and unpaid thereon. To that application defendants appeared, as objectors, for property described in the record, in which they allege they were severally interested. Their objections…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It appears that the bonded indebtedness of the city of Chicago has, at all times since the adoption of our present constitution, been more than five per cent on the assessed value of the taxable property in the city, as ascertained for State and county taxation. And it further appears, that notwithstanding such bonded indebtedness, the city has each year, since 1872, if not previous to that time, issued certificates of indebtedness for temporary loans, bearing interest, intended to be paid out of the revenue levied for the current year, but not so stated in the certificates, and upon which…
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