Stuart v. Carr

On November 14, 1923, appellant, William H. Stuart, filed his bill in the superior court of Cook county to enjoin appellee, Patrick J. Carr, as county treasurer of Cook county, from paying for the printing of the ballots used at the judicial election of November 6, 1923. A demurrer was sustained to the bill, it was dismissed for want of equity, and an appeal has been prosecuted to this court.

The bill alleged that appellant is a tax-payer of Cook county and filed the bill in order that his burdens as such might not be increased; that a series of enactments specified in the bill were passed by…