People Ex Rel. Hicks v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

The collector of Edgar county applied to the county court for judgment and order of sale of lands returned delinquent for non-payment of taxes for the year 1924. The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company filed objections to a portion of the tax levied by the Brocton Community High School District No. 159, in that county. On a hearing the objections were overruled, judgment was rendered, and this appeal by the railroad company followed.

The board of education of the high school district, at a meeting held on February 23, 1924, upon an aye and nay vote entered of record, unanimously…