Illinois Cent. R. v. Board of Sup'rs

The appellant railroad company filed with the board of supervisors of Attala county a petition alleging in substance that the board had assessed it with an ad valorem tax levy of eight mills, and in addition thereto with a one mill ad valorem tax for pauper support and a half-mill ad valorem tax for repair and maintenance of the courthouse; that these taxes were duly paid by it, but the one and one-half-mill taxes above referred to, amounting to one thousand, two hundred three dollars and ninety-one cents, were paid under protest to the tax collector of the county, which protest was duly…