Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Frary
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a proceeding in chancery, by bill, asking an injunction against the treasurer to restrain him from levying, selling or distraining the property of the railroad company, for the taxes levied in Bureau county. The record in this case shows that the said railroad company duly filed a list and valuation of all their taxable property in Bureau county as required by law.
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This was a proceeding in chancery, by bill, asking an injunction against the treasurer to restrain him from levying, selling or distraining the property of the railroad company, for the taxes levied in Bureau county. The record in this case shows that the said railroad company duly filed a list and valuation of all their taxable property in Bureau county as required by law. That at the annual meeting of the board of supervisors of said county, in September, the valuation of the items of “ Fixed and stationary personal property,” of “ The other personal property,” and of “ The pro rata…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, C. J.
The main question involved in this case has been examined and considered by this court with all the care and diligence of which we are capable, and with a due sense of its importance, and the influence which our decision must have upon the rights and interests of the individual citizen and the public. We have in this case been called on to inquire in what cases the powers of a court of chancery may be exercised to restrain the collection of the revenue of the State. The decisions of this court show, that in a large majority of the cases, involving the regularity of the proceedings for the…
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