People ex rel. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Hulman

On relation of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, we have granted leave for the filing of an original petition for writ of mandamus to compel respondent, Harry L. Hulmán, Director of Revenue of the State of Illinois, to cause petitioner’s property, located in the 29 counties in which it operates in this State, to be “legally and properly” assessed for the year 1963, “pursuant to authority of the Illinois Revenue’Act.” More specifically, petitioner claims that an improper method of determining fair cash value was employed by the Department and…