People ex rel. Olander v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Peoria county; the Hon. W. I. Slemmons, Judge, presiding. At the june term, 1906, the county collector of Peoria county made application to the county court of that county for judgment and order of sale against the lands of the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company, appellant, for alleged delinquent road and bridge taxes for the year 1905, levied for the township of Peoria, in that county.
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Appeal from the County Court of Peoria county; the Hon. W. I. Slemmons, Judge, presiding. At the june term, 1906, the county collector of Peoria county made application to the county court of that county for judgment and order of sale against the lands of the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company, appellant, for alleged delinquent road and bridge taxes for the year 1905, levied for the township of Peoria, in that county. The cause was continued from time to time until the June term, 1907, when the objections filed to the application, upon a hearing, were overruled and judgment was entered…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
By section 13 of chapter 121, Hurd’s Revised Statutes of 1905, highway commissioners are authorized to levy not to exceed sixty cents on each $100 of taxables for road and bridge purposes. By section 14 of that chapter, if in the opinion of the commissioners a greater levy is needed, in view of some contingency, they may, upon certifying the same to the board of town auditors and the assessor, with the consent of a majority of the body so constituted, given in writing, make an additional levy of any sum not exceeding forty cents on each $100 of the taxable property of the town.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. v. People ex rel. JaegerIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Village of Marseilles v. HowlandIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
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