People ex rel. Hawkins v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co.

Appellant objected to judgment in the county court of Moultrie county for certain taxes against its property, the same being those levied for county purposes, and the road and bridge taxes of the towns of Sullivan and Lowe, in excess of fifty cents on the $100 valuation. The objection to the county tax was, that the appropriation and levy were not adopted by the county board at its September meeting by an aye and nay vote, as required by section 54 of the County act, as amended on June 24, 1921. (Smith’s Stat. 1923, p. 565.) This tax against appellant amounted to the sum of $1573.39. The…