PEOPLE EX REL. NORDSTROM v. C., B. & Q.R.R. CO.

No. 35035.

15 Ill.2d 602 (1959)

155 N.E.2d 649

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Edwin O. Nordstrom, County Collector, Appellee, v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

TRIMBLE AND TRIMBLE, of Princeton, C.W. KROHL, and J.I. SHIELDS, both of Chicago, (ELDON MARTIN, of counsel,) for appellant.

DONALD CHASE MARTIN, State's Attorney, of Princeton, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The question in this case is the validity of Bureau County's 1955 tax levy for its Federal aid matching tax fund. The objector paid the tax under protest and its objection to the county collector's application for judgment of sale was overruled. It appeals directly to this court because the revenue is involved.

Section IIb was added to the act in relation to State highways...

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