People ex rel. Eisele v. St. Louis Merchants Bridge Co.

The county collector of Madison county applied to the county court for judgment and order of sale against the property of the appellant, the St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company, delinquent for a franchise tax and a tax on an increased assessment" of its property for the year 1911, made by the county supervisor of assessments. The application was made to the May term, 1912, and thirteen objections were filed, twelve of them to the increased assessment upon various grounds, and the thirteenth to the franchise tax because the appellant was a foreign corporation. Evidence-was taken, but the…