School of Domestic Arts & Science v. Harding

The School of Domestic Arts and Science, a domestic corporation not for pecuniary profit, brought suit in assumpsit against George F. Harding, county treasurer and collector, in the superior court of Cook county, for the recovery of money paid the collector in the discharge of taxes levied on certain real estate which the plaintiff claimed was exempt from taxation. An original and three amended declarations were filed. In the third amended declaration it was alleged that on January 4, 1921, the plaintiff purchased certain real estate, upon a portion of which it conducted, without profit, a…