Irvin v. New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court of the Fourth District; the Hon. Tazewell B. Tanner, presiding Justice, aud Hon. James C. Allen and Hon. George W. Wall, J ustices.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
In the year 1874 a tax was levied amounting to $1155 by the authorities of Alexander county, upon property claimed to belong to the Mississippi Central Eailroad Company. Of this tax $693 was levied on one-half interest of that company in the transfer steamboat “H. S. McComb;” $559.69 was assessed upon a superstructure for hoisting cars, sometimes called a “car-hoist,” and a third rail laid on the track of the Illinois Central Eailroad Company’s track in the city of Cairo, and $2.31 was assessed on office furniture of the first named company.
On the 3d day of July, 1874, the Mississippi Central…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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