Richards v. Raymond
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court of the Second District; the Hon. Nathaniel J. Pillsbury, presiding Justice, and Hon. Joseph Sibley and Hon. E. S. Leland, Justices. This was a bill in chancery, by Frederick Richards, against Samuel W. Raymond, county treasurer of LaSalle county, to enjoin the collection of a school tax. The court below, the Hon. Edwin S. Leland, presiding, sustained a demurrer to the bill and dismissed the bill.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court of the Second District; the Hon. Nathaniel J. Pillsbury, presiding Justice, and Hon. Joseph Sibley and Hon. E. S. Leland, Justices. This was a bill in chancery, by Frederick Richards, against Samuel W. Raymond, county treasurer of LaSalle county, to enjoin the collection of a school tax. The court below, the Hon. Edwin S. Leland, presiding, sustained a demurrer to the bill and dismissed the bill. The case was taken by writ of error to the Appellate Court, where the decree of the circuit court was affirmed. The case comes to this court by appeal from the decree…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a bill in equity, to enjoin the collection of a tax levied to sustain a high school established in township 31, range 3, in LaSalle county, under the provisions of section 35 of the School law, (Rev. Stat. of 1874, p. 957,) which is as follows:
“ Upon petition of fifty voters of any school township, filed with the township treasurer at least fifteen days preceding a regular election of trustees, it shall be the duty of said treasurer to notify the voters of the township that an election for and against a high school will be held at the next ensuing election of trustees, and the…
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