Larrison v. Peoria, Atlanta & Decatur Railroad

This was a bill in chancery, filed by appellants, in the Logan circuit court, on behalf of themselves and other taxpayers, against the railroad company, town collectors and others, to restrain the collection of a tax.

The bill alleges that the town auditors in the towns of Atlanta and Oran, on the 12th of August, 1873, made a certificate that there ivas due certain sums, to be paid for interest on bonds issued to aid in the construction of the railroad. The bill charged that there was issued by the authorities $37,000 of bonds, and that the town authorities had delivered a portion, and that…