Legal Opinion

People Ex Rel. Wangelin v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 13, 1939No. 25206. Judgment affirmedPublished

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jones

The county court of St. Clair county overruled objections of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to a tax levy of the East Side Health District for the year 1937 and entered judgment against the railroad company’s property in the sum of $1721.51. The objector has appealed to this court from the judgment.

It is urged the levy is void (1) because the records of the taxing district do not show the total amount of money to be raised, or the specific purposes and amounts for each purpose, or whether they were lawful purposes; and (2) the certificate of levy was by rate, instead of by amount as…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railway Co. v. People ex rel. RandolphIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  2. People ex rel. Means v. HinesIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  3. People ex rel. Anderson v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1938

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