City of Waverly v. Auditor of Public Accounts

Citations

• 100 Ill. 354
• 1881 Ill. LEXIS 103

Syllabus

<p>1, Decebe—can not affect parties and interests not before the court. On bill by a municipal corporation to have its bonds and the coupons thereto attached declared illegal and void, when neither the bonds nor the owners are within the jurisdiction of the court, no decree can be rendered that will affect such bonds or their owners.</p> <p>2. TAXES'—who may enjoin their collection. A municipal corporation can not maintain a bill to restrain the collection of a tax levied on property within its limits to pay bonds of the corporation, though they are illegal. Only tax-payers can complain of such tax.</p>