Sangamon County Fair & Agricultural Ass'n v. Stanard

Certain plaintiffs-appellants appeal directly to this court from a decree of the circuit court of Sangamon County granting defendants’ motion to strike and dismiss the plaintiffs’ second amended complaint to enjoin disbursements from the Fair and Exposition Fund on the ground that the 1955 amendment to the State Finance Act is unconstitutional. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 127, par. 142É

Since the constitutionality and validity of a State statute and the public revenue are directly involved the appeal properly comes direct to this court.

Section 6i of the State Finance Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955,…