Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Goodell v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1918No. 12342PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Kane county; the Hon. S. N. Hoover, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Kane county overruling objections of the appellant to the application of the county collector for judgment and order of sale of appellant’s property for delinquent taxes for the year 1917. The only question involved in the appeal is the constitutionality of sections 93, 94 and 96 of “An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,” as amended by an act of the legislature approved June 22, 1917. (Laws of 1917, p. 737.) The sections involved are as follows :

“Sec. 93. In each county of the State, all the territory of the county…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gallup v. SchmidtSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Board of Education v. HaworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Speight v. People ex rel. County CollectorIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  4. People ex rel. Hanberg v. CohenIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Dunnovan v. GreenIllinois Supreme Court · 1870

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Mumme v. MarrsTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Smith v. Board of Education of Oswego Community High School DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Fiedler v. EckfeldtIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  4. People ex rel. Stuckart v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Board of Education v. Community High School District Number 211Appellate Court of Illinois · 1967

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