Crerar Clinch Coal Co. v. Board of Education

JUDGE FRIEND

delivered the opinion of the court. Crerar Clinch Coal Company, a corporation, brought an action under section 57% of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, ch. 110, par. 181.1) against the Board of Education of the City of Chicago for a declaration that defendant was obligated, under its written contracts of June 24, 1953 with plaintiff, to pay for coal at the prices fixed therein, and that a subsequent amendment to the Sales Tax or Retailers’ Occupation Tax Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, ch. 120, par. 441, sec. 2) did not give defendant the right to deduct two per cent from…