Cooper v. Corbin

This was a bill to enjoin the collection of taxes assessed on the capital stock of the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Bailway Company, for the years 1873, 1874 and 1875. On the hearing, a decree was rendered in favor of the complainants, as prayed for in the bill, and the collectors of Tazewell and De Witt counties appealed.

It appears that George B. Wright, receiver of the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Bailway Company, in 1877 filed a bill in the circuit court of Peoria county to enjoin the collection of taxes involved in this proceeding. The circuit court, on the hearing,…