Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co. v. Goar

-Mr. Justice Sheldon

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was a bill in chancery, filed by the Peoria, Decatur- and Evansville Bailway Company, on May 22, 1882, for the-purpose of restraining the collection of a tax assessed against the company upon assessment made by the local assessor of Mattoon township, upon certain lots and blocks, and the build-, ings and improvements on them, in the city of Mattoon.

The bill avers, that on and prior to May 1, 1881, all of said lots and blocks were occupied by the railway company with its shops, depot and other buildings, with a large number of'…