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

Nos. 33806-9 Cons.

8 Ill.2d 246 (1956)

133 N.E.2d 22

THE PEOPLE ex rel. C. Ward Harris, County Collector, Appellee, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

NELSON TROTTMAN, of Chicago, and HUGH DOBBS, and MILES GRAY, both of Springfield, (LOWELL HASTINGS, and GERALD M. CHAPMAN, of counsel,) for appellants.

EDWARD R. PHELPS, State's Attorney, of Carlinville, and PAUL C. VERTICCHIO, Assistant State's Attorney, of Gillespie, (J.E. WENZEL, of counsel,) for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

These four tax objection cases from the county court of Macoupin County present the same legal question and have been consolidated for argument and decision. Two of the cases (Nos. 33806-7) involve the 1952 taxes of Community Consolidated School District No. 10, and the other two (Nos. 33808-9) the 1953 taxes of this school district. The objectors are the Chicago and North...

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