Williams v. People ex rel. Wilson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of White county; the Hon. B. S. Organ, Judge, presiding. This was an application by Samuel J. Wilson, collector of the revenue of White County to the Coufity Court of that county for judgment against delinquent lands and lots for the taxes of 1888. The appellant, James R. Williams, a tax payer, filed objections to the entry of judgment against certain of his lands for the tax to pay interest on $99,500.00 of the bonds of said county, issued in…
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Appeal from the County Court of White county; the Hon. B. S. Organ, Judge, presiding. This was an application by Samuel J. Wilson, collector of the revenue of White County to the Coufity Court of that county for judgment against delinquent lands and lots for the taxes of 1888. The appellant, James R. Williams, a tax payer, filed objections to the entry of judgment against certain of his lands for the tax to pay interest on $99,500.00 of the bonds of said county, issued in 1872 to the Cairo and Yin•cennes Railroad Company, or bearer, with interest at 8 per ■cent per annum, payable…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magbudeb
The main objection urged against the validity of the bonds is, that the election of October 1, 1867, was not held in pursuance of legal notice thereof previously given, and, on this account, was invalid; and that the subscription to the stock of the railroad company was invalid, because it was not made until after the constitution of 1870 had been adopted, and because it had not been authorized, under existing laws, by a vote of the people of the county prior to such adoption.
The order of September 4, 1867, under which the election was held, is silent upon the subject of notice, and none of…
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