People ex rel. Parmenter v. Fenton & Thomson Railroad

The county collector of Whiteside "county applied to the county court of said county for judgments against delinquent lands for taxes of 1910. The appellants, four railroad companies, filed objections, which were overruled and judgments were entered, with orders of sale. The appellants each excepted and prayed for and were allowed what was termed a consolidated appeal to this court. There has been a joinder in error and a submission of the cause for decision.

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company objected to the excess above thirty-six cents on $100 of taxable property, of the…