Parks v. Miller
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Isaac G-. Wilson, Judge, presiding. This was originally an application by the appellee, William H. Miller, as treasurer of Kane county, to the county court for judgment against certain delinquent lands for the unpaid taxes of 1865. Judgment was entered in the county court, fromwhich an appeal was taken to the circuit court of Kane county, where the judgment was affirmed, to reverse which, the case is brought to this…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Isaac G-. Wilson, Judge, presiding. This was originally an application by the appellee, William H. Miller, as treasurer of Kane county, to the county court for judgment against certain delinquent lands for the unpaid taxes of 1865. Judgment was entered in the county court, fromwhich an appeal was taken to the circuit court of Kane county, where the judgment was affirmed, to reverse which, the case is brought to this court by appeal, upon an agreed statement of facts. The opinion states the case sufficiently.
1Opinion of the Court
Mi-. Chief Justice Breese
delivered the opinion of the Court:
It is admitted by these parties that the county of Kane has been acting under township organization since the passage of the first act of the general assembly authorizing such organization.
It is settled by this court, that such organization transferred the ordinary county business from the county court to the board of supervisors; at least, such is the effect of the reasoning and decision in the case of The People v. Brown, 11 Ill. 478.
The question is presented, is there, in such counties, a term of the county court for county…
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