Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Co. v. People ex rel. McCormick

The county court of Madison county, overruling the objections of appellant, entered judgment against the lands of appellant for delinquent county and Alton city taxes for the year 1905, whereupon said railway company prayed an appeal to this court.

The objection is urged as to the county tax that the county clerk used a higher rate than necessary to produce the amount of tax which the county could legally collect. It appears from the record that the .total valuation of all property in the county, including railroads, by the State Board of Equalization, was $13,419,915; that the total valuation…