People v. Illinois Women's Athletic Club

In a suit in chancery begun in 1932 in the superior court of Cook county on behalf of the board of county commissioners, a decree was entered materially reducing the assessed valuation of certain real estate in Chicago owned by the Illinois Women’s Athletic Club. The decree directed the payment of the reduced taxes for the years 1928, 1929 and 1930, and provided for the appointment of a receiver upon failure of payment within ten days. .By this writ of error a reversal of the action of the lower court is sought on several grounds, chief of which is lack of jurisdiction.

The bill of complaint…