Baird v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Eeeoe to the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, brought in the name of The People of the State of Illinois, for the use of the City of Morrison, against John 1ST. Baird, Frank Clendenin, Frank D. Ramsay, Warren Woods, Frank H. Robinson and Samuel W. Robinson, upon the official bond of Baird, as township collector of the revenue.
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Writ of Eeeoe to the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, brought in the name of The People of the State of Illinois, for the use of the City of Morrison, against John 1ST. Baird, Frank Clendenin, Frank D. Ramsay, Warren Woods, Frank H. Robinson and Samuel W. Robinson, upon the official bond of Baird, as township collector of the revenue. The defendants interposed a demurrer to the declaration, which the court overruled, and thereupon rendered judgment for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Scholeield
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The city of Horrison brings this suit for the purpose of recovering that portion of the taxes levied by the commissioners of highways of the town in which the city of Horrison is located, on the taxable property within the city, for road and bridge purposes, under and by virtue of § 120, chap. 121, E. S. 1874, p. 932, which have been collected by the defendant John FT. Baird, as town collector.
The only question is, whether, under the law, the city or the treasurer of the commissioners of highways of the town is entitled to the money.
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