PEOPLE EX REL. CARTER v. TOUCHETTE

No. 33439.

5 Ill.2d 303 (1955)

125 N.E.2d 473

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Richard T. Carter, State's Attorney, Appellant, v. ELMER TOUCHETTE, County Clerk, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RICHARD T. CARTER, State's Attorney, and KEVIN KANE, both of Belleville, (KENNETH J. JUEN, of counsel,) for appellant.

JOHN R. SPRAGUE, of Belleville, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

In December, 1953, the board of supervisors of St. Clair County appropriated for and levied a tax for county corporate purposes in the amount of $648,283.50. To produce such an amount, the county clerk would have been required to extend the tax at a rate of .10 cents on each $100 valuation, a rate well within the.125 cents limit set in section 25.05 of the Counties Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat...

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