People Ex Rel Ward v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co.

The appellant railroad companies filed separate objections to the county tax of Vermilion county levied for the year 1934. The issues made were tried in the county court of that county. The court overruled the objections and entered judgment for the full amount of the tax. Each railroad company perfected its separate appeal to this court. The cases have been here consolidated and heard as one cause.

There is no dispute as to the facts. The board of supervisors at an adjourned meeting of the September, 1934, session, held on December 12, 1934, levied the county tax for Vermilion county. No…