Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Hewitt v. Kankakee & Seneca Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1914PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. A. W. Deselm, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright

This proceeding was begun in the county court of Kankakee county to obtain judgment against the lands of the appellant for taxes of 1913 alleged to be delinquent.. Objections were filed by the appellant to that portion of the county tax levied to raise money for a State aid road, on the ground that the methods specified in the. statute were not followed as a basis for the levy of a tax. The objections were overruled and judgment entered, and the record has been brought here for review.

The objections were based on section 22 of the act entitled “An act revising the law in relation to roads and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. School Directors of District No. 3 v. FoglemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co. v. People ex rel. ScottIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Wheeler v. County of WayneIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  4. People ex rel. Brockamp v. Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1913

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Yakel v. Toledo, St. Louis & Western RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  2. People Ex Rel. Kramer v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  3. People ex rel. Rogers v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. People ex rel. Miller v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  5. People Ex Rel. Spitzer v. COUNTY OF LA SALLEAppellate Court of Illinois · 1959

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