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  "name": "Charles W. Weston et al. v. The People ex rel. Henry B. Miller, Collector, etc.",
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    "parties": [
      "Charles W. Weston et al. v. The People ex rel. Henry B. Miller, Collector, etc."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam:\nThere is no force to the objection made .to the judgment in this case. The affidavit of the collector, and the jurat thereto, are in substantial compliance with the statute in that regard.\nIn Hochlander v. Hochlander, 73 Ill. 618, cited by appellant, it did not appear that the collector, or any other person, stated on oath that he had served the process. It is not said this should appear in the jurat. The opinion in that case has \u2022been since modified. It sufficiently appears, in this case, the collector did talce the required oath, and in the form prescribed by see. 190, Rev. Stat. 1874.\nThe judgment is affirmed, with five per cent damages.\nJudgment affirmed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Messrs. Hoyes & White, for the appellants.",
      "Mr. John M. Rountree, for the appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Charles W. Weston et al. v. The People ex rel. Henry B. Miller, Collector, etc.\n1. Taxes\u2014collector\u2019s affidavit and jurat thereto. On application, by the collector, for judgment against delinquent lands, his oath \u201cthat the foregoing is a true and correct list of the delinquent lands and lots within the county of 0, upon which I have been unable to collect the taxes, and special assessments, interest and printer\u2019s fees charged thereon, as required by law, for the year or years therein set forth; that'said taxes, assessments, interest and printer\u2019s fees now remain due and unpaid as I verily believe,\u201d and signed, \u201cHenry B. Miller, county treasurer, and ex-officio county collector of Cook county, Illinois,\u201d and the following jurat thereto: \u201cSubscribed and sworn to before me, this 3d day of June, A. D. 1875,\u201d and signed by the county clerk, were held to be in substantial compliance with the statute.\n2. Former decision. The opinion in Hochlander v. Hochlander, 73 Ill. 618, as to the collector\u2019s oath for judgment against lands for taxes, has been since modified.\nAppeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin H. M. Wallace, Judge, presiding.\nThis was an application, by the collector of Cook county, for judgment against certain lands and lots for the taxes, special assessments, etc., due thereon. To the delinquent list and report was annexed the following affidavit and jurat:\n\u201cI, Henry B. Miller, collector of the county of Cook, do solemnly swear that the foregoing is a trufe and correct list of the delinquent lands and lots within the county of Cook, upon which I have been unable to collect the taxes and special assessments, interest and printer\u2019s fees charged thereon, as required by law, for the year or years therein set forth; that said taxes, assessments, interest and printer\u2019s fees now remain due and unpaid, as I verily believe.\n\u201c Henry B. Miller,\n\"County treasurer, and e%-ofjicio county collector of Cook county, III.\n\u201c Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 3d day of June, A. D. 1875.\nHerman Lieb,\n\"County clerk.\u201d\nVarious objections were filed against the rendition of judgment for the taxes, etc., among which was, that the certificate and oaths required to be made by the several officers for the collection of taxes and assessments, were not made at the time and in the manner and form required by law.\nThe county court overruled the objections, and rendered judgment as prayed.\nMessrs. Hoyes & White, for the appellants.\nMr. John M. Rountree, for the appellee."
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