Sanitary District of Chicago v. Martin

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Will county, holding that the lands of appellant within said county were subject to general taxation. Part of these lands, namely, 785.18 acres, lie in DuPage township, and were assessed the sum of §260.07 for State, county, city, town and village taxes for the year 1894; and the rest of the lands, namely, 508.59 acres, lie in Lockport township, and the general taxes on the same for the year 1894 were assessed at §132.83. Appellant refused to pay these taxes, and they were returned by appellee as delinquent, and he advertised the lands…