PEOPLE EX REL. DICKET v. SOUTHERN RY. CO.

No. 35435.

17 Ill.2d 550 (1959)

162 N.E.2d 417

THE PEOPLE ex rel. David Dickey, County Collector, Appellee, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CREIGHTON & KERR, of Fairfield, and KRAMER, CAMPBELL, COSTELLO & WIECHERT, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

W.C. PEARCE, State's Attorney, and KELLEY A. LOY, both of Fairfield, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

For the year 1957 School District No. 112 and High School District No. 226 in Wayne County levied taxes for transportation purposes which were extended at a rate of .02% on each $100 valuation, while High School District No. 225 levied a similar tax which was extended at a rate of .024%. Defendant, the Southern Railway Company, having paid such taxes in full, under protest, filed objections...

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