Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Scott

This appeal presents for review an order of the county court of Moultrie county, overruling objections to part of a tax assessed against the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway Company for the year 1883, and rendering judgment against it for the same. The tax complained of, and to which objections were filed, was levied by the board of supervisors to pay a county indebtedness existing at the time of the adoption of the present constitution, mainly the principal and interest of certain railroad aid bonds, which are conceded to be valid and binding upon the county. The entire tax levied for…