Choisser v. People ex rel. Rude
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Saline county; the Hon. A. G. Abney, Judge, presiding. This was an application, by the collector of taxes of Saline county, for judgment against block 15, in Wilson & Frazel’s addition to the town of Harrisburg, for delinquent taxes for the year 1890. The appellant, who was the owner of said, block, having first paid all the taxes on said block except the sum of forty-three cents, levied for the purpose of paying the interest upon the bonds…
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Appeal from the County Court of Saline county; the Hon. A. G. Abney, Judge, presiding. This was an application, by the collector of taxes of Saline county, for judgment against block 15, in Wilson & Frazel’s addition to the town of Harrisburg, for delinquent taxes for the year 1890. The appellant, who was the owner of said, block, having first paid all the taxes on said block except the sum of forty-three cents, levied for the purpose of paying the interest upon the bonds issued by the county of Saline, under date of October 8, 1872, to the Cairo and Vincennes Bailroad Company, appeared and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
There is no evidence in the record before us that the bonds issued by the county of Saline to the Cairo and Vincennes Bailroad Company, or any of them, have been negotiated by said railroad company, or that there are any assignees of said bonds who occupy the position or are entitled to the rights of bona fide holders thereof for value. The evidence shows that bonds to the amount of $95,000 were, on the 8th day of October, 1872, issued and delivered by said county to said railroad company, but nothing whatever is shown as to what the railroad company has done with them. The only presumption…
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- County Court v. People ex rel. Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1871
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