Champaign County v. Reed

At a meeting of the board of supervisors of Champaign county, in September, 1878, Thomas A. Reed applied to have refunded to him certain moneys paid by him at a tax sale of lots in the town of Tolono, Ill., made in 1868 for the taxes of the year 1867, together with the taxes paid on s.aid lots since that time, on the ground that the lots were assessed before they became taxable. The amount paid at the tax sale was $198.74; the subsequent taxes were $203.35, making, in the whole, $402.09. The board disallowed the claim. On appeal to the circuit court, judgment was rendered against the county…