Casey v. People ex rel. Patton

The separate article of the constitution of-1870 which forbids a municipal corporation from making a subscription or donation to a railroad corporation, became a part of the organic law of the State on July 2, 1870, and municipal bonds of a town issued under a vote of the people of the town at an election held after that date, are void. (Wade v. Town of La Moille, 112 Ill. 79.) From this view of the law it follows that the decision of the county court refusing to render judgment against objectors’ lots for a tax levied to pay interest on the bonds voted July 16, 1870, was right. This disposes…