Crawford v. Richeson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Perry county; the Hon. W. H. Snyder, Judge, presiding. The bill in chancery in this case alleges that Marion D. Hoge was collector of taxes of Franklin county for the year 1867; that on December 5, 1867, he gave bond, as required by the statute, for the faithful performance of his duties as such collector, which was duly approved and recorded, and that the bond was signed by the complainants, and Daniel Mooneyham and Lewis G. Payne, as…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Perry county; the Hon. W. H. Snyder, Judge, presiding. The bill in chancery in this case alleges that Marion D. Hoge was collector of taxes of Franklin county for the year 1867; that on December 5, 1867, he gave bond, as required by the statute, for the faithful performance of his duties as such collector, which was duly approved and recorded, and that the bond was signed by the complainants, and Daniel Mooneyham and Lewis G. Payne, as sureties for Hoge; that there came to the hands of Hoge, as such collector, a large sum of money belonging to Franklin county,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The evidence sustains the averments of fact in the bill. There is no dispute about the facts. The controversy is as to the legal conclusion from the facts.
Touching the lien of the collector’s bond, the provision of the statute is: “Said bond, when approved and recorded,
shall be a lien against the real estate of the collector, until he shall have complied with the conditions thereof. ” Rev. Stat. 1874, p. 882, sec. 166.
The point is made, that this lien given by the statute does not extend to after-acquired lands. The words of the statute give the lien against the real estate of the collector…
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