People ex rel. Joseph v. St. Louis & Belleville Electric Railway Co.

The sole question presented for decision by this appeal is the maximum rate at which taxes for the East St. Louis Park District, except for bonded indebtedness and interest thereon, could be extended for the year 1951. The county court of St. Clair County, in hearing tax objections raised by the St. Louis & Belleville Electric Railway Company, the appellee, found that a rate of 2 mills on the dollar was the one to be employed in the taxing formula established by section 162a of the Revenue Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 120, par. 643a,) and thus rejected the contention of appellant, who is…