People ex rel. Rea v. Wabash Railway Co.

The county court of Montgomery county overruled certain objections of appellant to the taxes levied against its line of railway extending through certain parts of Montgomery county. Judgment was entered for the taxes and a sale was ordered of appellant’s property. To reverse that judgment this appeal has been taken.

Appellant’s first objection relates to an item of $24.81 on account of the town tax of South Litchfield, and it is. objected that such amount is invalid because the county clerk, in extending the taxes for town purposes, extended an excessive amount on account of loss and cost of…