People ex rel. Brenza v. Jasper

Mr. Justice; Daily

delivered the opinion of the court:

The county treasurer, as ex officio county collector of Cook County, appeals from a judgment of the county court of that county sustaining objections made by Walter Jasper, a taxpayer, to certain of the taxes levied by the board of education of the city of Chicago for the year 1948.

Appellee objected to some mo items, totalling $1,266,-440, appropriated for in the educational fund, on the sole ground that the applicable statute makes such items chargeable to the building fund. The items complained of fall into three classes, namely, gas and…