Bowman Dairy Co. v. Lyons

This is a direct appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Cook County restraining the Department of Revenue and its Director from proceeding to assess or attempting to assess a retailers’ occupational' tax against Bowman Dairy Company for the period from January 1, 1948, to February 13, 1951, on account of sales or alleged sales to public institutions, charitable institutions, and to relief recipients.

The revenue being involved, the appeal is properly brought directly to this court.

In 1942 sixteen plaintiffs, including the Bowman Dairy Company, which is the plaintiff and sole appellee in…