PEOPLE EX REL. KORZEN v. BELT RY. CO.

Nos. 40210-13, incl., cons.

37 Ill.2d 158 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 265

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Bernard J. Korzen, County Collector, Appellant, v. THE BELT RAILWAY COMPANY OF CHICAGO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (EDWARD J. HLADIS and THEODORE M. SWAIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellant.

RICHARD F. KOPROSKE, EDWARD J. WRIGHT, MARK M. MOONEY, and ROBERT J. NOLAN, all of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

This is another in a series of railroad tax objection cases where the railroad (Belt Railway Company of Chicago) contends that discrimination in assessment value between its properties and locally assessed property is so gross as to be constructively fraudulent. It differs from the prior cases primarily in that there was a sale of the objecting railroad itself, which the collector designates...

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