Leitch v. People ex rel. Gannaway

This was an application by the county collector of Coles county, at the June term, 1899, of the county court, for judgment against delinquent lands for taxes and special assessments. The appellant, whose property was assessed by the city of. Charleston for an improvement on Jackson street, in said city, under an ordinance passed by the city of Charleston under the act of June 14,1897, appeared and objected to a judgment for the assessment against his property.

Section 4 of the act of 1897, which was in force when the ordinance in this case was passed, provides: “In cities, towns or villages…