In Re Application of County Collector of Cook County

Applications were made by the county collector of Cook County (hereinafter “County”) for judgments fixing the correct amount of real estate tax for the year 1970 which had been paid under protest by the defendants, Daniel Goldman and Lawrence Fischer, in one case and the M. I. G. Corporation in another case. These two cases were consolidated for purposes of appeal. The defendants (hereinafter “objectors”), Goldman and Fischer, filed Objection Number 4, and M. I. G. Corporation filed Objection Number 5. In both cases the court, sitting without a jury, found that the County’s assessment of the…