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