People ex rel. Shank v. Nichols
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. ■This was a proceeding commenced in the county court of • Edgar county, by John W. Shank, county treasurer and collector, at the July term, 1868, to procure a judgment and an order of sale of the delinquent lands in said county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. ■This was a proceeding commenced in the county court of • Edgar county, by John W. Shank, county treasurer and collector, at the July term, 1868, to procure a judgment and an order of sale of the delinquent lands in said county. The defendant appeared by attorney, and resisted the application. . The county court rendered judgment against the lands for the amount due, based upon the assessment made by the township assessor, and refused to render judgment for the amount due according to the increased…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
Three questions are presented by the record, which are,—
1st. Had the treasurer and collector the right to make his ■ application to the court for judgment and order of sale at the July term, 1868, or was he compelled to make it at the May .term of said court ?
2d. Had the board of supervisors, in equalizing the assessments, the right to increase the valuation of improved lands in Shiloh township, without at the same time increasing the valuation of the unimproved lands in said township ?
3d. If the court should find the application could be properly made at the July term, 1868, and that the…
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