People's Drug Shop, Inc. v. Moysey

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant on his motion based on insufficiency of the complaint. Plaintiff had sued for $8.56, representing “an additional charge” to defendant under an open account between them, upon which for a period of several months in 1941, plaintiff sold drugs, medicines and medical supplies to the defendant. Each month plaintiff billed defendant for the actual goods sold and for the “additional charge,” being the Retailers’ Occupational Tax (ch. 120, secs. 440-453, Smith-Hurd’s Ann. Stats. [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 119.450-119.467]) on the goods. Bach month…