St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. People ex rel. Wolf

This is an appeal from the judgment of the county court of St. Clair county overruling certain objections of appellant to certain taxes and portions of taxes upon application being made for judgment by the county collector.

Appellant objected to all the town taxes in the towns of Centreville Station, St. Clair, Freeburg, Lenzburg and Marissa. The objections to this tax were, that the towns had levied gross sums for “town purposes” without defining the particular purposes for which the taxes were levied. The certificates of levy made by the town clerks of the said towns were offered in evidence…