Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Cline v. Wabash Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 17, 1915PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the County Court of Piatt county; the Hon. Elim J. Ha weaker, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright

This is an appeal from a judgment, of the county court of Piatt county against the property of the appellant, the Wabash Railroad Company, for delinquent taxes of the year 1913.

The county board included in the levy for county taxes $7500 for State aid roads, and the appellant objected to that portion of the county tax on the ground that the methods provided for aiding in the construction of State aid roads are by appropriating funds from the county treasury or submitting to the legal voters of the county the question of issuing bonds for that purpose. The court overruled the objection. In the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Hewitt v. Kankakee & Seneca RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Koelling v. People ex rel. RaymondIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Miller v. BeelerIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
  4. People ex rel. Wysong v. Wabash RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1912

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Boos v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1917

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