Raines v. County of Greene

On June 22, 1987, the circuit court of Greene County entered an order denying plaintiffs’ consolidated tax objections. Plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

The circumstances underlying this appeal commenced on September 6, 1977, when the city of Roodhouse passed its tax levy for taxes to be extended in the 1977 tax year to be paid in 1978. The clerk of Greene County failed to extend a portion of the taxes which were levied, and, as a result, the sum of $31,673, which should have been collected and paid over to Roodhouse, was not collected.

As a result, suit was filed by Roodhouse against the Greene…