Legal Opinion

Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Walker

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 1891PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Piatt county; the Hon. H. E. Huston, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope

The second and third errors assigned are practically abandoned by counsel for appellant, and need no discussion at our hands.

The first assignment questions the rulings of the court upon the ground that the description of the property against which the road tax was returned delinquent was not sufficient to authorize judgment for such tax. Section 42 of the Bevenue law provides that the right of way of railroads, including the superstructure of main, side, second tracks and terminals, and the stations and improvements of the company on such right -of way, shall, for the purposes of taxation, be…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ohio & Mississippi Railroad v. WeberIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
  2. Biggins v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Sanford v. People ex rel. BarrIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  4. Kepley v. JansenIllinois Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Lusk v. Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Columbian Relief Fund Ass'n v. HopperIndiana Court of Appeals · 1899
  3. People ex rel. Martin v. Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1914

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