Michigan-Grand Building Corp. v. Barrett

On February 27, 1931, appellant, the Michigan-Grand Building Corporation, filed its petition for mandamus in the circuit court of Cook county against Charles V. Barrett, Edward R. Litsinger and Edward J. Hughes, as members of the board of review, and Robert M. Sweitzer, county clerk of Cook county. The petition alleged, among other things, that the State Tax Commission on August 22, 1928, prescribed general rules and regulations, described as rule 14 and rule 15. Rule 14 provided for the use of uniform standards for the assessment of all town and city lots and parcels of land situated in…