People ex rel. Jourdan v. Illinois Central Railroad

On the application of the county collector for judgment and order of sale for delinquent taxes for the year 1914, appellant, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, objected to the road and bridge taxes of the towns of Crooked Creek, Wade, Fox, North Muddy and Willow Hill, in Jasper county. The county court overruled the objections and entered judgment and order of sale.

In the towns of Crooked Creek, Fox and North Muddy there was no record of any meeting of the commissioners of highways on the first Tuesday in September, 1914. Proof was made that such a meeting was held in each of these towns,…