LeFevre v. County of Lee

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant, L. L. LeFevre, filed a bill in the circuit court of Lee county, asking that the county treasurer of said county be restrained from paying out certain monies. The facts as set forth in the bill in substance are as follows: In the year 1929, certain taxes for county purposes exceeding the amount prescribed by law were levied upon real and personal property in Lee county, Illinois, by the board of supervisors, and the taxes were extended upon the basis of these levies. Many of the taxpayers of Lee county paid in full…