Stevens v. County of Henry
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. Emery C. Graves, Judge, presiding. Henry county is under township organization.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. Emery C. Graves, Judge, presiding. Henry county is under township organization. It has a population of less than 125,000. On January 6, 1904, said Henry county, by its board of supervisors, by resolution duly entered of record, contracted with George H. Manlove “to make diligent and careful search in this and other counties and States for such omitted and unassessed taxable property the taxes upon which are lawfully in this county, and upon the discovery…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
The appellees, to sustain the judgment of the Appellate Court, question the right of appellant, as a private citizen and tax-payer, to prosecute the bill in question, and among other things urge that because appellant stated in his bill that he was not advised whether there was property that had been omitted from taxation, therefore he did not show that he would be injured. We have no doubt of the right of a private citizen and tax-payer to enjoin the enforcement or execution of a void contract made by a county or any municipality in which he resides and pays taxes that would affect the…
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