C.B. & Q.R.R. CO. v. DEPT. OF REVENUE

No. 35055.

17 Ill.2d 376 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 838

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES and RAYMOND S. SARNOW, Assistant Attorneys General, and JOHN E. BABB and JOHN L. ROACH, Special Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellant.

DIXON, DEVINE & RAY, of Dixon, C.W. KROHL, R.T. CUBBAGE, J.R. WOLFE, and J.I. SHIELDS, all of Chicago, (ELDON MARTIN, of counsel,) for appellee.


Affirmed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company brought this action in the circuit court of Lee County to review the 1957 assessment of its Illinois property by the Department of Revenue. It claimed that the assessment at $147,000,000 was excessive by $72,000,000. The circuit court set aside the assessment "at least to the extent" that

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