Lalumio v. Fasseas

The plaintiffs each of whom is engaged in the retail liquor business, brought this action to restrain the defendant State officers from collecting the $50 annual license fee imposed upon retailers of alcoholic liquor by the Liquor Control Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 43, par. 118.) The circuit court sustained the defendants’ motion to dismiss and the plaintiffs have appealed directly to this court because the case relates to the revenue. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap, 110, par. 75(1) (b).

The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are subject not only to the licensing provisions of the Liquor…