Hamer v. Mahin

This case is a sequel to People ex rel. Hamer v. Jones, 39 Ill.2d 360, decided in March of 1968. In the present case, as in that one, the taxpayers, Paul E. Hamer and June T. Hamer, his wife, sought declaratory relief, an injunction and relief by way of mandamus, with respect to the asserted failure of the defendant, the Director of Revenue of the State of Illinois, to perform his statutory duty to equalize and assess all taxable property at its full, fair cash value.

Like the complaint in the earlier case, the present complaint alleges that the various types of real property in Lake County,…