PEOPLE EX REL. BOYLAN v. I.C.G.R.R. CO.

No. 50129.

72 Ill.2d 387 (1978)

381 N.E.2d 276

THE PEOPLE ex rel. JAMES E. BOYLAN, County Treasurer, Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald C. Dozier, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Danny J. Leifel, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Martin, Craig, Chester & Sonnenchein, of Chicago, and Springfield (Charles G. Chester, Willard Ice, and Rodney W. Osborne, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The county treasurer and ex officio county collector of McLean County filed suit in the circuit court of that county seeking judgment for real property taxes due for the year 1974 and paid under protest by the defendant railroad companies (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 120, pars. 675, 706). The railroads have raised no issue as to the amount of the original assessment of their...

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