Opinion

Board of Supervisors v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R.

  • 44 Ill. 229
Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Filed
Apr 15, 1867
Status
Published
Author
Walker
On the bench
Breese, Walker
Cited by
38 cases

upholding, on jurisdictional grounds, statute which provided for judicial review of property tax assessments, and noting that the statute was "not in conflict with any provision of the Constitution"

How later courts described this case

  • upholding, on jurisdictional grounds, statute which provided for judicial review of property tax assessments, and noting that the statute was "not in conflict with any provision of the Constitution"

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Walker, Ch. J. I concur in holding, that an appeal lies, ■under the Constitution and law, in this class of cases; but dissent from the rule announced in the opinion of the majority of the court, for ascertaining the value of the property in controversy for assessment for taxation.

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