Campbell v. State
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. Charles E. Stare, Judge, presiding. This was an application to the County Court of Livingston county for judgment against certain lands for non-payment of school taxes. The proceeding was removed into the Circuit Court "by appeal, where judgment was rendered against the lands, from which some of the owners took this appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. Charles E. Stare, Judge, presiding. This was an application to the County Court of Livingston county for judgment against certain lands for non-payment of school taxes. The proceeding was removed into the Circuit Court "by appeal, where judgment was rendered against the lands, from which some of the owners took this appeal. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case for an understanding of the questions decided.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was an application for judgment against certain lands for non-payment of school taxes. It was resisted by the appellants, and judgment having been rendered for the sale of the lands, the record has been brought to this court.
It appears that the township was divided into two school-districts, by a line running north and south through the center, and there are three school-houses in the district where the lands in question are situated. The lands are more than three miles from one of the houses. The taxes were levied for the support of the three schools.
This is a plain violation of the act…
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