Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. People

In an action in debt instituted by the appellee against the appellant company in the circuit court of Mercer county, judgment was entered against the appellant company in the sum of $1000 as a penalty authorized to be imposed by the concluding sentence of section 49 of chapter 120, entitled “Revenue,” (3 Starr & Cur. Stat. p. 3423,) for the alleged failure on the part of the appellant company to make the statement to the county clerk referred to therein. This is an appeal perfected to this court directly, for the reason, as we shall hereafter see, the decision involves the question of the…