People ex rel. Martin v. Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railway Co.

Mr. Chiee Justice Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

Prior to July 1, 1913, when the present Road and Bridge law became effective, the towns of Bond, Lawrence and Dennison, in Lawrence county, were under the labor system and had levied district road taxes under the tffen existing Road and Bridge law. The appellant owned land in said towns in road districts 1 and 2 in the town of Bond, road districts l and 2 in the town of Lawrence, and road districts 3, 4 and 5 in the town of Dennison, and paid the taxes in the several road districts in labor under the direction of the several…