Buck v. People ex rel. Swigert

Citations

• 78 Ill. 560

Syllabus

<p>1. Taxation—no defense that the taxes are high. It is no defense to an application for judgment against delinquent lands, that the taxes are high, where there is no unfairness or injustice in the assessment, and there is no inequality in the taxes imposed.</p> <p>3. Same—sufficiency of - proof of notice of applying for judgment. An affidavit of a printer of a newspaper of the publication of the delinquent list and. notice of applying for judgment, properly sworn to, which states the day when the publication was made, and the paper in which the list and notice were inserted, will be sufficient proof of publication to confer jurisdiction on the court to render judgment.</p> <p>3. Same—description of lands for taxation by abbreviations. The statute expressly authorizes the use of abbreviations in assessing property for taxation, and any description of property for the purposes of taxation, by which a qualified surveyor can locate and find the land, will be sufficient.</p> <p>4. Same—objections not affecting objector. A misdescription or defective description of a tract of land by an assessor, will not affect the taxes imposed on other tracts, and the law will not allow a party resisting judgment against his property for taxes, to raise an objection which does not apply to his property, but does to that of others, who do not object.</p> <p>5. Same—objections to judgment must be signed. Objections to the rendition of judgment against lands for taxes, being in the nature of a pleading, must be signed either by the party or by his attorney, or the court will be warranted in disregarding them.</p> <p>6. Same—order for levy of county tax. Where the finance committee of a board of supervisors reported that it would require a levy of three mills on the dollar for county purposes, and that it would require a levy of a like per cent to pay interest on railroad bonds, and the board ordered a sufficient sum to be levied to pay the interest on the bonds and the three mills on th