People Ex Rel. Schlaeger v. Illinois Central Railroad

The Illinois Central Railroad Company filed objection, in the county collector’s proceeding in the county court of Cook county, to all village taxes of the village of Forest Park for the year 1942, except those levied for bonds and interest. The county court sustained the objection on the ground that there was no valid appropriation ordinance in force and effect at the time the ordinance levying the taxes was passed, and entered judgment in favor of the objector for a refund of the taxes which it had previously paid in full under protest. The county collector now seeks to reverse the judgment…