Briscoe v. Allison
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Clark county; the Hon. Charles H. Constable, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Joseph S. Allison, John Bartlett, Frederick Quick, William McKeen, Robert Houston, Stephen Archer, William Keel men, Henry T. Rautt, William B. Leslie, James McCabe, Franklin Mark and William Reddick, in the Clark Circuit Court, against Allen B. Briscoe and Charles Stroever, to restrain, the collection of a tax levied on property in the…
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Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Clark county; the Hon. Charles H. Constable, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Joseph S. Allison, John Bartlett, Frederick Quick, William McKeen, Robert Houston, Stephen Archer, William Keel men, Henry T. Rautt, William B. Leslie, James McCabe, Franklin Mark and William Reddick, in the Clark Circuit Court, against Allen B. Briscoe and Charles Stroever, to restrain, the collection of a tax levied on property in the town of Marshall, in that county. The hill alleges, that the hoard of supervisors of the county, on the 28th day of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It is urged in this case, that an act of the legislature, authorizing a county to offer bounties and levy a tax for their payment, to induce persons to enlist in the military service, to escape a pending draft, is unconstitutional. In the case of Taylor v. Thompson, 42 Ill. 9, it was held that such a law, authorizing a township to offer such bounties, and to levy such a tax, was both constitutional and for a corporate purpose. We again hold in the case of Henderson v. Lagow, id. 360, that the same rule, in principle, applied to a county having similar authority to pay such bounties and to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Taylor v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Drake v. PhillipsIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
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