Wabash Railroad v. People

This was an application to the County Court of Montgomery county, by the county collector, for judgment against the property of the Wabash Railroad Company, for a part of the school tax levied against that company for the year 1891, in the city of Litchfield, and in district number 4, township 11, range 4. The objections filed by the railroad company to the entry of judgment were, in substance, that the taxes levied in Litchfield and in district number 4, for school purposes, for that year, exceeded two per cent of the valuation of the taxable property therein, as ascertained by the…