J. A. Burgess Co. v. Ames

delivered the-opinion of the court:

The appellants in this court, who were the plaintiffs in the circuit court, are engaged in the respective businesses of blue-printing, photostating and commercial photography. They joined in a suit seeking to enjoin the Department of Finance of the State of Illinois and its director, the Attorney General, and other public officials, from collecting a retailer’s occupation tax from twenty-nine different persons and corporations engaged in the businesses mentioned. A motion to dismiss, in the nature of a demurrer, was filed to the petition and sustained.…