Beckwith v. English
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. Jaimes Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by English, against Beckwith, as county treasurer of Vermilion county, to recover money alleged to have been paid under duress. The money so sought to be recovered had been collected from the plaintiff by the collector, under a levy of a tax alleged to have been made by the board of supervisors.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. Jaimes Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by English, against Beckwith, as county treasurer of Vermilion county, to recover money alleged to have been paid under duress. The money so sought to be recovered had been collected from the plaintiff by the collector, under a levy of a tax alleged to have been made by the board of supervisors. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This was an action of assumpsit in the Vermilion Circuit Court, by Joseph G. English, against Hiram W. Beckwith, to recover back money paid to him under duress, and a recovery by the plaintiff.
To reverse the judgment the defendant appeals to this court.
Many of the questions arising in this case, were discussed and settled in The People ex rel. Stine v. The Supervisors of Vermilion County, 47 Ill. 256.
It was there held, for reasons given, that the board of supervisors could not be compelled to levy a tax to build the bridge in question.
' It appears, that at one of their sessions, the board had…
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