Henderson v. Lagow

Decided November 15, 1866

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1866-11-15

Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Crawford County; the Hon. Aaron Shaw, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery exhibited in the court below by Clark B. Lagow and John E. Decker against Hickman Henderson, as sheriff of Crawford county, for the purpose of enjoining the collection of a tax levied by the County Court of that county, to pay bounties for volunteers in the late war, in order to save the county from an impending draft.

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Decided 1866-11-15

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Hr. Justice Lawbenoe

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court:

¶2The only question presented by this record is, whether an act of the legislature authorizing counties to levy a tax to pay bounties for volunteers in the late war, in order to save the county from a draft, was constitutional. We have decided in the case of Taylor v. Thompson, April Term, 1866, ante, p. 9, that such a law in regard to towns was valid, and it would be equally so in regard to counties. We can perceive no difference in principle between the two eases. The decree must be reversed and the cause remanded.

¶3Decree reversed.