Bank of Republic v. County of Hamilton
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was brought into the Circuit Court of Hamilton county by appeal from the County Court, from a hearing had in the County Court on application, by the Bank of the Republic, for a reduction of the assessment of the property of the said bank, as made by the assessor of Hamilton county for the year 1857, the County Court having refused to reduce said assessment.
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This cause was brought into the Circuit Court of Hamilton county by appeal from the County Court, from a hearing had in the County Court on application, by the Bank of the Republic, for a reduction of the assessment of the property of the said bank, as made by the assessor of Hamilton county for the year 1857, the County Court having refused to reduce said assessment. In the Circuit Court the cause on appeal was heard before Beecher, Judge, at the May term, 1858, of the Hamilton Circuit Court, without a jury, and the judgment of the County Court was affirmed. On the trial in the Circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, C. J.
Two principal questions are raised by the appellant in this case, which have demanded our careful consideration. The first is, whether the bank can object to the change made by the law of 1857, in ascertaining the value of the property of the bank, on which it is to be assessed, from that provided by the general banking law, under which this bank was organized ; and, second, whether the bonds deposited with the auditor to secure the issues of the bank, are taxable, or rather, whether the bank is taxable to the amount of these bonds, as capital paid in, or secured to be paid in.
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