State Board of Equalization v. People ex rel. County of Alexander
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. O. P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is a petition filed by the People ex rel. the county of Alexander, the city of Cairo and the board of education of the city of Cairo, against the State Board of Equalization of the State of Illinois, in the circuit court of Sangamon county, for mandamus to compel the said board and its officers to value and assess for taxation the property known as the “Illinois Central bridge…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. O. P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is a petition filed by the People ex rel. the county of Alexander, the city of Cairo and the board of education of the city of Cairo, against the State Board of Equalization of the State of Illinois, in the circuit court of Sangamon county, for mandamus to compel the said board and its officers to value and assess for taxation the property known as the “Illinois Central bridge approach of the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad Company,” which leads to the bridge across the Ohio river at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The city of Cairo is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and occupies the southern portion of a narrow strip of land lying between these two streams. The main tracks of the charter lines of the Illinois Central Railroad Company coming from the north, after passing the northern limits of the city, proceed south about a quarter of a mile, practically midway between the two rivers, and then turn to the east until within a few hundred feet of low-water mark on the Ohio river, when they turn in a southerly direction and proceed along the west bank of the Ohio river about…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- In re SwigertIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. WiltseIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. WilsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
- Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
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