Gates v. Sweitzer

Appellants filed a bill in the superior court of Cook county seeking to enjoin the county clerk from extending various items of taxes levied by the South Park Commissioners by their tax levy of 1929, amounting to $360,639. General and special demurrers were filed to the bill, which were sustained and the bill dismissed for want of equity. Appellants bring the cause here for review.

The bill avers that appellants are tax-payers and owners of real estate situated in the South Park District. They aver by their bill that the South Park Commissioners in their 1929 levy provided for the payment of…