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

The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company filed objections to the application of the collector of Iroquois county, at the June term, 1921, of the county court, for judgment and order of sale against its property for taxes. The objections were overruled, judgment was rendered against the property, and the railway company appealed.

The county board levied a tax of $296,050, of which $45,000 was for county highway tax, $150,000 for aid in the construction of roads, and $101,050 for all other county purposes. These amounts required a rate of sixty cents on the $100 valuation. The appellant…