Burke v. Monroe County
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Monroe county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a claim presented by John A. Burke, to the county board of Monroe county, for expenses incurred for a pauper, residing in the town of Waterloo. The board refused to allow the same, on the ground the pauper was not a county charge, but was chargeable to the town of Waterloo. The claimant appealed from the decision to the circuit court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Monroe county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a claim presented by John A. Burke, to the county board of Monroe county, for expenses incurred for a pauper, residing in the town of Waterloo. The board refused to allow the same, on the ground the pauper was not a county charge, but was chargeable to the town of Waterloo. The claimant appealed from the decision to the circuit court. The cause was heard in the circuit court by the judge, without a jury, who rendered judgment against the claimant for costs, and the latter appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
Under the provisions of the act incorporating the town of Waterloo, in Monroe county, the incorporated town was required to support and maintain its own paupers. Laws of 1859, p. 705.
On the first day of July, 1872, an act of the legislature went into force, which reads as follows:
“An act to restore uniformity in the taxation of real and, personal property, for all purposes, in the several counties and cities of this State.
“See. 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the real and personal property, within all incorporated towns and cities in every county in this State, shall be taxable for all purposes,…
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