Twin City Gas Works v. People

This was an action of debt, brought in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, against the Twin City Gas Works, under section 230 of the Revenue law, to recover certain taxes arising from an .assessment of the capital stock of defendant, and alleged to be delinquent, for the years 1885, 1886, 1887 and 1888. The declaration was composed of two counts, and as originally drawn it contained the same averments that are found in the declaration in Ottawa Gas Light and Coke Co. v. People, 138 Ill. 336. It appears, however, that after the declaration was filed, on January 10, 1894, plaintiff…