Scott v. People ex rel. Douglas
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostine D. Myers, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of McLean county, against certain lots owned by appellant in the city of Bloomington, for special taxes, interest, costs and penalties rendered on the report of the county collector of said county, to the effect that he had been unable to collect a city special tax for the year 1890, for paving and laying service pipes on Main…
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Appeal from the County Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostine D. Myers, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of McLean county, against certain lots owned by appellant in the city of Bloomington, for special taxes, interest, costs and penalties rendered on the report of the county collector of said county, to the effect that he had been unable to collect a city special tax for the year 1890, for paving and laying service pipes on Main street, in said city, south of Jefferson street. To the application for said judgment appellant appeared and filed…
1Opinion of the Court
. Mr. Justice Wilkin
delivered the opinion of the Court:
In passing upon the several grounds of reversal insisted upon, it will be proper to determine, first, what the collector was required to prove in order to make out a prima facie case in favor of the People.
Section 39, article 9, chapter 24 of the Eevised Statutes, (1 Starr & Curtis, p. 501,) makes it the duty of the city collector of special assessments to make report to the general officer of the county authorized to apply for judgment and sell lands for taxes, “of all the lands, town lots and real property on which- he shall have been…
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