People Ex Rel. Schlaeger v. Siebel

Appellant paid a part of his 1940 real estate taxes under protest and accompanied the payment with written notice as required by section 194 of the Revenue Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1943, chap. 120, par. 675.) When the county collector applied to the county court for judgment and order of sale for delinquent taxes, appellant supplemented his protest with written objections in which he alleged the illegality of certain levies and asked for a repayment of the amount paid under protest. The objections were that a part of the levy for. the board of education of Chicago, a part of the city’s library…