People ex rel. Rogers v. Caldwell

This was a bill in chancery, in the Piatt circuit court, by defendant in error, against the county clerk of Piatt county, praying that said clerk be enjoined from extending upon the tax books of the county a personal property tax against complainant, upon an assessment of personal property returned by the assessor of Sangamon township, in said county, for the year 1890, as the personal property of complainant in said township liable to taxation, at a valuation of $11,381. A temporary injunction was issued, and an answer filed-denyIng the material allegations of the bill. Upon hearing, the…