People ex rel. Baldwin v. Jessamine Withers Home

At the June term, 1923, of the county court of McLean county the county collector made application for judgment for delinquent taxes against a farm of 240 acres belonging to the Jessamine Withers Home, incorporated. The corporation filed objections, which were overruled, and the objector appealed from the judgment rendered against the land. The basis for the appeal is the claim that the land is exempt from taxation by reason of paragraph 7 of section 2 of the Revenue act, which declares that all property of institutions of public charity, of beneficent and charitable organizations, and of old…