Beers v. People ex rel. Miller
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Habtin B. H. Wallace, Judge, presiding. This was an application by Henry B. Hiller, collector of the county of Cook, for judgment against certain lands and town lots, for taxes due thereon, for the year 1873 and prior years. The appellants appeared and filed various objections to the rendition of judgment, those of importance being noticed in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Habtin B. H. Wallace, Judge, presiding. This was an application by Henry B. Hiller, collector of the county of Cook, for judgment against certain lands and town lots, for taxes due thereon, for the year 1873 and prior years. The appellants appeared and filed various objections to the rendition of judgment, those of importance being noticed in the opinion of the court. The county court overruled the same, and rendered judgment against the property, to reverse which this appeal was taken.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Walkeb
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The first question presented is, that the sheriff, and not the collector, is the proper person to apply for an order to sell delinquent lands for taxes. This question was considered and decided in the case of The People v. Brislin, 80 Ill. 424, and the case of The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Co. et al. v. The People, ante 467. Hence we deem it unnecessary to further discuss the question.
It is next urged, that the proceeding “ is not nor does it profess to be for the ‘total’ amount due or claimed to be due on the land for the year…
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