Richeson v. People ex rel. Jones

This was an application by the collector of Franklin county, at the May term, 1885, of the county court, for judgment for taxes against delinquent lands for the year 1884, and for back taxes for prior years. On the day application was made for judgment, Richard Richeson appeared and filed objections in writing to the rendition of a judgment against lands owned by him, for taxes levied to pay interest on bonds issued by the county to the Belleville and Eldorado Railroad Company, under an act approved February 22, 1861, entitled “An act to incorporate the Belleville and Eldorado Railroad…