Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Johnson v. DeKalb & Great Western Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1912PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. William L. Pond, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers

This is an application by the comity collector of DeKalb county, in the county court of said county, for judgment and order of sale for certain delinquent taxes for the year 1911. The DeKalb and Great Western Railroad Company appeared and filed objections to a portion of the road and bridge taxes levied in the townships of Cortland and DeKalb and against a tax levied in the cities of Sycamore and DeKalb for the benefit of a hospital fund in those cities, respectively. The objection made to that part of the road and bridge taxes in excess of thirty-six cents on the $100 in the two townships…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cummings v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad v. GreerIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Du Bois v. GibbonsIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Gaca v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
  3. People ex rel. Gleghorn v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
  4. People v. KastingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
  5. People ex rel. Hatfield v. GroverIllinois Supreme Court · 1913

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