Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Holmes v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1919No. 12401PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Crawford county; the Hon. Duane Gaines, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Duncan

Judgment was rendered in the county court of Crawford county for the sum of $201.01, the amount of a tax levied by the board of education of the non-high-school district in that county, including interest, penalties and costs, against the property of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company,' appellant, for the year 1917-

Appellant’s objections to the tax were based on the ground that sections 93, 94 and 96 of “An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,” as amended by an act of the legislature of the State of Illinois approved June 22, 1917, are void.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Board of TrusteesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  2. People ex rel. Goodell v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Russell v. High School Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  4. People ex rel. Brockamp v. Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1912
  5. People ex rel. Kemp v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1918

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Vaughan v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  2. People Ex Rel. Swingle v. PinariIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Keime v. Community High School District No. 296Illinois Supreme Court · 1932
  4. Proviso Township High School No. 209 v. Oak Park & River Forest Township High School District No. 200Illinois Supreme Court · 1926

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