Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Childress v. Illinois Central Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 22, 1921No. 13544PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Coles county; the Hon. John P. Harrah, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr; Justice Carter

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Coles county overruling objections filed by appellant to a certain tax levied in the town of Pleasant Grove, in said county, following a vote taken at a special election held in said town July 31, 1919, authorizing a direct annual tax for five years for the purpose of constructing gravel roads in said town, and to a certain tax levied in said town to pay principal and interest on certain road| bonds, alleged to have been authorized at the same election.

Counsel for appellee most…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lindsay v. AllenTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Town of Lyons v. CooledgeIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  3. People ex rel. Graff v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  4. People ex rel. Mattingly v. SnedekerIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  5. People ex rel. Graff v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1910

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Pullen v. MulliganIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Leviton v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Green v. Hutsonville Township High School District No. 201Illinois Supreme Court · 1934
  4. Trustees of Green Bay Levee & D. Dist. v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
  5. People ex rel. Malone v. MuellerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1946

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