Peter v. Kaufmann

This is a suit to enjoin the collection of school taxes. St. Clair Consolidated School District No. 1, Franklin County, at the annual school meeting on April 5, 1927, voted to levy 35 cents in excess of 40 cents on the $100 assessed valuation for school purposes, and 100 cents on the $100 assessed valuation for building purposes. The plaintiff, claiming these tax levies to be void, alleges that same have been certified to the county clerk and by him extended on the county tax books and same turned over to the county collector for collection; that such illegal taxes are thereby made an…