People ex rel. Welty v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

This was an application in the county court of Lee county, at the May term, 1896, for judgment against the property of defendant in error for taxes amounting to the sum of §216, alleged to have been assessed in the town of Harmon by the commissioners of highways for the year 1889, for making and repairing roads. The defendant in error appeared in the county court and filed objections to the application for judgment, and a hearing was had before the court on an agreed statement of facts, as follows : That Lee county is organized under the Township Organization act; that the township of Harmon…