People Ex Rel. Small v. Cook

This is an appeal by the People, on the relation of John Small, county treasurer and ex-officio county collector for Saline county, Illinois, from a judgment of the county court of that county sustaining objections to a special highway tax of the town of Cottage.

On June 8, 1928, appellee, J. W. Cook, filed in the county court of Saline county written objections to the highway tax levied against his property in excess of the rate of 33% cents on the $100 assessed valuation, after having paid the remainder of said tax against his property. The facts in the case are not controverted but are…