Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Lyons

MERCER, District Judge.

The Chicago and North Western Railway Company instituted this suit against Richard J. Lyons, Director of Revenue of fhe State of Illinois, and the Administrative Personnel of said department, together with six County Collectors of Illinois, to enjoin the certification of a part of the 1956 assessment of plaintiff’s Illinois railroad operating property by the Department of Revenue of Illinois which plaintiff alleges to be grossly excessive, unreasonable, discriminatory, and which, if allowed to stand, will result in a deprivation of the property of the plaintiff without…