Ohio & Mississippi Railroad v. Lawrence County
Illinois Supreme Court
The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company filed with the clerk of Lawrence county, Illinois, its schedule of property, with valuation, for the year 1859. At.the December term, 1859, of the board of supervisors for that county, the board, regarding the valuation of the company as too low, increased, by more than double, the valuation, and so notified the company. The company applied for a hearing and a reduction, at a meeting of the board granted for the purpose.
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The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company filed with the clerk of Lawrence county, Illinois, its schedule of property, with valuation, for the year 1859. At.the December term, 1859, of the board of supervisors for that county, the board, regarding the valuation of the company as too low, increased, by more than double, the valuation, and so notified the company. The company applied for a hearing and a reduction, at a meeting of the board granted for the purpose. The board refused the reduction asked, and affirmed the order increasing the valuation; whereupon the company prayed an appeal to…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This record presents but a single question. That is, whether a railroad company may appeal from an assessment of its property for taxation by the board of supervisors, to the Circuit Court. The ninth section of the revenue law of the 27th February, 1847, (Scates’ Comp. 1010), gives the right of appeal from an application to the Commissioners’ Court, for a reduction of the valuation on an assessment. That section also requires the Circuit Court trying the appeal to hear the evidence, and if too high, make the proper reduction, which shall be certified to the collector by the clerk of that…
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