People Ex Rel. Roche v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

The aggregate tax for county purposes (exclusive of registered bond tax) levied by the county board of Alexander county for the year 1923 required a rate of $1.02 on each $100 assessed valuation, being fifty cents for general county purposes, thirty-two cents for payment of interest and principal of county road bonds and twenty cents for county highway tax. Appellant refused to pay the county highway tax, and judgment was rendered against it on the application of the county collector.

In People v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. 310 Ill. 424, objections to similar taxes for the year 1922 were…