Northwestern University v. People ex rel. Miller
Citations
- 80 Ill. 333
Syllabus
<p>Taxation—power of legislatwe to exempt property. It was not competent for the General Assembly, under the constitution of 1848, to exempt from taxation property owned by educational, religious or charitable corporations, which was not itself used directly in aid of the purposes for which the corporations wore created, but which was held for profit merely, although the profits were to be devoted to the proper purposes of the corporation.</p>
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- where jury commissioner was appointed by court, although wrongful or illegal, he acted under color of right or authority and was not a mere usurper
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Judges: Scholeield
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