Sanderson v. Town of La Salle

The town of LaSalle recovered a personal judgment, in the county court of LaSalle county, against Lyman Sander-son, the appellant, for $95.96, on account of taxes alleged to be due the town on a certain lot assessed in his name, and which appears on the tax books to have been forfeited to the State for the non-payment of said taxes. The present appeal is from that judgment.

The’recovery was had in an action of debt, founded upon the 230th section of the Revenue act, which is as follows: “The county board may, at any time, institute suit in an action of debt, in the name of the People of the…