Sanitary District v. Rhodes

This case involves an old tax question complicated by modern developments. Specifically, the Sanitary District of Chicago very earnestly contends that its main channel prism in Du Page and Lockport townships, Will county, was not taxable in 1940, because it had come to be public property used exclusively for public purposes. Issue on cthe point was raised by a suit to enjoin the defendant from making application for judgment on the taxes as extended for that year, or otherwise instituting any proceeding to collect the same. In lieu of a temporary injunction without bond the parties stipulated…