Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Graff v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1927No. 18461. Judgment reversedPublished
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
The question involved in this case concerns the validity of a two-mill tax for a tuberculosis sanitarium. The county court of Morgan county overruled the objections of appellant to this tax, and it brings the cause here for review.
The facts are stipulated. By the stipulation it appears that at the September, 1925, meeting of the board of commissioners of Morgan county that board adopted a resolution as follows:
“Whereas, the voters of Morgan county have heretofore affirmatively voted to levy a tax for the purposes of establishing and maintaining a comhy tuberculosis sanitarium, said tax,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Ballance v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1925