Stebbins v. Leaman
Illinois Supreme Court
Stebbins v. Leaman, 47 Ill. 352 (Ill. 1868)
Stebbins v. Leaman
Opinion of the Court
The only question presented by this record is, as to the constitutionality of an act of the legislature authorizing the levy of taxes for the payment of military bounties to escape the draft. This question has already been decided by this court, in Taylor v. Thompson, 42 Ill. 9.
Decree reversed
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Dennis Stebbins v. William Leaman
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- Published
- Syllabus
- 1. Taxation to pay bounties—constitutionality of the act of February Í, 1865. The act of February 1, 1865, authorizing the levy and collection of taxes in the county of Jasper, and other counties therein named, for the payment of bounties to persons who might enlist and be mustered into the service of the United States, is constitutional.