People v. Givens
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the County Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. George B. Graham, Judge, presiding. The county collector of DeWitt county applied to the county court for judgment against delinquent lands and lots, for taxes and special assessments levied and assessed in the year 1884. The defendants in error appeared and filed their objections as to the lands and lots owned hy them, respectively, to the rendition of judgment against such lands and lots, for the special drainage…
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Writ of Error to the County Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. George B. Graham, Judge, presiding. The county collector of DeWitt county applied to the county court for judgment against delinquent lands and lots, for taxes and special assessments levied and assessed in the year 1884. The defendants in error appeared and filed their objections as to the lands and lots owned hy them, respectively, to the rendition of judgment against such lands and lots, for the special drainage assessment, interest and costs in drainage district No. 1, in Nixon township. The objections filed were,—first, that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
But a single question is presented by this record: Was the evidence presented by the collector sufficient to authorize and support a judgment against the delinquent lands, in the absence of any countervailing testimony ?
The statute has made it the official duty of the county collector to make publication of the list of delinquent lands and lots, and of the time when application will be made for judgment thereon for delinquent taxes, and when sale will be made of lands against which judgment shall be obtained; and also to prepare and return into the county court, at a term named, a list of…
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