PEO. EX REL. MUSSO v. C.B. & Q.R.R. CO.

Nos. 38859-38904.

33 Ill.2d 88 (1965)

210 N.E.2d 196

THE PEOPLE ex rel. George Musso, County Collector, Appellee, v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD CO. et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BURROUGHS, SIMPSON AND BURROUGHS, of Edwardsville, and R.T. CUBBAGE, T.G. SCHUSTER, and JOHN H. BISHOP, all of Chicago, (ELDON MARTIN and C.W. KROHL, of counsel,) for appellant Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.

HUGH J. DOBBS, of Springfield, T.G. SCHUSTER, of Chicago, and JAMES R. PARHAM, of East St. Louis. (JAMES N. OGDEN, LOUIS F. GILLESPIE, ELDON MARTIN, JORDAN JAY HILLMAN, GEORGE M. HOLLANDER, GILLESPIE, BURKE & GILLESPIE, POPE & DRIEMEYER, PETER HERZOG, COBURN, CROFT & KOHN, WAYNE P. WILLIAMS, WALKER & WILLIAMS, JOHN F. McCARTHNEY, GORDON BURROUGHS, ROBERT E. EGGMANN, ROBERTS, GUNDLACH, LEE & STUBBS, JOHN F. SCHLAFLY, and SCHLAFLY, GODFREY & FITZGERALD, of counsel,) for other appellants.

JOSEPH R. BARTYLAK, State's Attorney, of Edwardsvile, and BURTON C. BERNARD, Assistant State's Attorney, of Granite City, (DICK H. MUDGE, JR., of counsel,) for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Twelve railroads filed objections to taxes levied against their operating properties in Madison County for the years 1957 to 1962 inclusive, and seek a return of that portion of the taxes paid under protest. They contend that their Illinois property was assessed at full value while the equalized value of locally assessed property did not exceed 55% of full fair cash value in any of...

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