People Ex Rel. Orrison v. Wabash Railway Co.

B.A. Orrison, county collector of Piatt county, made application in the county court of Piatt county for judgment against lands and property for delinquent taxes for the year 1929. The Wabash Railway Company, appellee, filed objection to part of the special road taxes assessed against its property in the town of Bement, in that county. From a judgment sustaining the objection the collector has appealed.

At the annual town election held in the town of Bement on April 5, 1927, a vote was taken upon the proposition of levying each year for a period of five years an annual tax of thirty-five cents…