Law v. People ex rel. Tax Collector

The People, on the application of the collector, recovered a judgment in the county court of Cook county, at its July term, 1885, against certain lots belonging to the appellants, Ida Law and others, who bring the case here for review.

The judgment was for the back and forfeited taxes of 1873 to 1878, with the exception of the taxes of 1875. Up to and including the year 1879, these lots had all been assessed by a general description, or rather, descriptions, as one piece or single lot of land. In 1880, however, the lots, forty-five in number, were all assessed -separately, and the taxes for…