Weil-Mclain Co. v. Collins

Mr. Chiee Justice Gunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

Sometime prior to August 18, 1944, Weil-McLain Co. and a number of others, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook county praying that certain State officials be restrained and enjoined from collecting taxes from them under the provisions of the Retailers’ Occupation Tax Act, and demanding certain refunds for taxes claimed to have been illegally exacted and paid by them. A decree was entered August 18, 1944, finding plaintiffs were in the business of selling at retail plumbing and heating supplies and building material to…