First Suburban Water Utility Dist. v. McCanless

By this suit it is sought (1) to recover certain State taxes paid under protest to the defendant Commissioner, and (2) to enjoin the County Trustee from collecting taxes assessed by the Railroad and Public Utilities Commission. The Suburban Company is a ‘ ‘ Utility District, ’ ’ organized under Chapter 248, Public Acts of 1937, which provides for the creation of Public Corporations to be styled “Districts,” with power of perpetual succession, “for the purpose of conducting’ and operating a water, sewer, or fire protection system or two or more of such systems and to carry out such purpose it…