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PEOPLE EX REL. RUCHTY v. C. & N.W. RY. CO.

No. 32876.

1 Ill.2d 574 (1953)

116 N.E.2d 388

THE PEOPLE ex rel. George E. Ruchty, Jr., County Collector, Appellee, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 18, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HADLEY & LEREN, of Wheaton, and NELSON TROTTMAN, of Chicago, (LOWELL HASTINGS, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM L. GUILD, State's Attorney, of Wheaton, (ROBERT J. SCOTT, and CARLTON L. FISCHER, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

The Chicago and North Western Railway Company, appellant, filed timely objections to certain taxes extended against its property for the educational and building funds of school district No. 36. The county court of Du Page County overruled the objections and entered judgment in favor of the county collector. The appeal is direct to this court.

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