Bistor v. Board of Assessors

The superior court of Cook county having sustained a general demurrer to an amended bill in equity for an injunction and the complainants electing to stand by their amended bill, the court ordered it dismissed for want of equity, and the complainants have appealed.

The complainants are James E. Bistor and thirty-four others, all being citizens of Illinois, the owners of real and personal property in Cook county and tax-payers, and the bill was filed in behalf of themselves and all other tax-payers similarly situated. The defendants are the board of assessors and the board of review of Cook…