Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. People ex rel. McGough

To the application of the county collector of Kane county for judgment against lands of appellant in the township of Batavia, in said county, for the road and bridge tax of said township for the year 1900, appellant filed its objection that the commissioners of highways did not comply with the statute in levying the tax and had no power to levy the same when they attempted to do so, and that the tax was illegal and void. The objection was overruled by the county court and judgment was rendered against the property for the tax.

It was proved on the hearing of the objection that the…