People ex rel. Miller v. Cooper
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mártir E. M. Wallace, Judge, presiding. This was an application to the county court of Cook county, at the July term, 1875, in the name of The People, on the relation of Henry B. Miller, county treasurer and ex officio collector of taxes, for a judgment against certain real estate in Cook county for delinquent taxes. Objections were interposed by E. J. Cooper and others.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mártir E. M. Wallace, Judge, presiding. This was an application to the county court of Cook county, at the July term, 1875, in the name of The People, on the relation of Henry B. Miller, county treasurer and ex officio collector of taxes, for a judgment against certain real estate in Cook county for delinquent taxes. Objections were interposed by E. J. Cooper and others. Hpon the trial below, the court rejected all the evidence offered in the cause, upon the ground that under the law and upon the record, the court had no jurisdiction to…
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Scholeield
delivered the opinion of the Court:
Judgment was rendered in this court, and an opinion filed, affirming the judgment of the court below in the present case, in vacation, after the September term, 1875. A petition for rehearing having been presented, supported by an elaborate and able argument, we have again carefully considered the question by which the judgment was controlled, but still feel compelled to adhere to our former conclusion. We have, however, availed of this opportunity to make some changes in the language of our opinion, with the view of more fully and…
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