PEOPLE EX REL. GARWOOD v. N.Y.C.R.R. CO.

No. 36133.

21 Ill.2d 315 (1961)

172 N.E.2d 357

THE PEOPLE ex rel. CLYDE R. GARWOOD, County Collector, et al., Appellees, v. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARVIN A. JERSILD, of Chicago, and WARD E. DILLAVOU, of Paris, for appellant.

WAYNE S. JONES, State's Attorney, and MASSEY, ANDERSON & GIBSON, both of Paris, (ROBERT L. GIBSON, of counsel,) for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

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

The objection of the New York Central Railroad Company to the 1957 educational tax rate of Paris Union School District No. 95 was overruled by the county court of Edgar County. The objector appeals, contending that sections 17-2 and 17-2.1 of the School Code, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 122, pars. 17-2, 17-2.1,) as amended in 1957, are invalid.

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