Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Jasper county; the Hon. James W. Gibson, Judge, presiding. This was an application for judgment for delinquent taxes-against the Peoria-, Decatur and Evansville Railway Company. There was in evidence a proper description of the-railroad property, affidavit of list of lands delinquent, and proof of publication of notice, etc.
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Appeal from the County Court of Jasper county; the Hon. James W. Gibson, Judge, presiding. This was an application for judgment for delinquent taxes-against the Peoria-, Decatur and Evansville Railway Company. There was in evidence a proper description of the-railroad property, affidavit of list of lands delinquent, and proof of publication of notice, etc. “It was then stipulated and agreed, by and between the parties to this proceeding, that all the taxes and assessments against the defendant in this suit, in said county, had been paid, excepting the road and bridge tax for the year 1884,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
Section 119, of chapter 121, entitled “Roads,” etc., (2 Starr & Curtiss’ Annotated Statutes, p. 2168,) reads thus-: “The highway commissioners of each town shall annually ascertain, as near as practicable, how much money must be raised by-tax' on real, personal and railroad property, for the making- and repairing of bridges, the payment of damages by reason of the opening, altering and laying out of- new roads and ditches, the purchase of the necessary tools, implements and machinery for working roads, the purchase of the necessary material for building or repairing or draining roads and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gage v. BaileyIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
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- People ex rel. Thomas v. Wabash RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- People ex rel. Welty v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- People ex rel. Weber v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1911