People ex rel. Knecht v. Payne

John Barton Payne, United States Agent of Railroads, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company and William J. Jackson, receiver of the said railroad company, appellees, filed objections in the county court of Shelby county to the road and bridge tax of Okaw township extended against the property of said railroad company, on the ground that the same is void because the commissioner of highways of said township had failed to determine the tax rate at the office of the town or district clerk on the first Tuesday in September, as required by section 50 of the Road and Bridge act. On the…