Krebs v. Thompson

This is a direct appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Sangamon county. The suit was brought by appellee as a taxpayer, under Illinois Revised Statutes 1943, chap. 102, par. 11. Its purpose was to enjoin the Director of Registration and Education, the Director of Finance, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the State Treasurer from expending any funds of the State for the administration of an act entitled, “An Act to regulate the practice of professional engineering.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1943, chap. 48y2.) By the complaint the validity of the act was challenged on several grounds. The…