Opinion

People ex rel. Burton v. Wabash Railway Co.

  • 285 Ill. 172
  • 120 N.E. 517
Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Filed
Oct 21, 1918
Status
Published
Author
Cooke
On the bench
Cooke
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 17.8%

The opinion

Mr. Justice Cooke delivered the opinion of the court:

The county court of Moultrie county overruled the objections of the Wabash Railway Company, the appellant, to the application of the county collector for judgment and an order of sale for delinquent taxes of Sullivan Township High School District No. 100 and rendered judgment according to the application. The objections questioned the validity of the High School act of 1911, under which this high school district was organized and which was held unconstitutional in People v. Weis, 275 Ill. 581 , and asserted that the board of education had no authority to levy the taxes claimed to be delinquent. While the case was pending on objections the curative act of June 14, 1917, was passed, and thereafter the county court overruled the objections and rendered judgment.

While appellant concedes that this court has passed generally upon the constitutionality of the curative act, it contends that we have not passed upon the point that section 2 of the act is broader than its title and is therefore not valid. This question was raised and decided in People v. Stitt, 280 Ill. 553 , where it was held that the title was broad enough to cover all the provisions of the curative act.

By the judgment rendered a sale of the property of appellant described in the application for judgment was decreed. The application for judgment described appellant’s right of way as commencing at the northern boundary line of Moultrie county and extending to the southern boundary line of the county. The judgment should be only against the right of way in the school district.

The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded, with directions to the county court to render a judgment against the property of the appellant in the school district.

Reversed and remanded, with directions.

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