Primm v. City of Belleville

Appellants filed a bill to enjoin the collection of certain taxes assessed against their real estate, and to remove certain judgments as clouds upon their title.

Sections 2 and 3 of Art. 8 of the charter of the city of Belleville authorized the city council to lay off the city into districts for the construction of sewers, and to levy and collect a special tax on the real estate within any district to be drained. (Private Laws of 1867, vol. 1, p. 551.)

Numerous objections have been urged to the decree of the circuit court, dissolving the injunction and dismissing the bill, but we propose to…