Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Heaton v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1920No. 13586PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Williamson county; the Hon. W. E. Slater, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Williamson county overruling objections to the application of-the county collector for judgment for taxes and ordering sale of the objector’s property.

The county tax extended was at the rate of fifty-three cents on the $100, and objection was made to the excess of the rate above the limitation of fifty cents on the $100 fixed by section 121 of the Revenue act as amended on June 30, 1919. (Laws of 1919, p. 771.) The county board levied a tax of $88,700, including $4000 for the mothers’ pension fund. This amount, even after deducting the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Lusk v. Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1915

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Rocke v. Eastern Illinois & Missouri RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  2. People ex rel. Murray v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
  3. The People v. E. I. M. R. R. Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1929

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