People Ex Rel. Baird & Warner, Inc. v. Lindheimer

The county court of Cook county sustained separate objections of appellees, comprising thirty-seven objectors, to certain excessive tax rates levied for the year 1931, the amounts of which were paid under protest by appellees, and in each case ordered appellant, as county treasurer and ex officio county collector, to refund to the objector the excessive amount so paid. Upon the refusal of appellant to make such payments, appellees filed a petition in the circuit court of Cook county for a writ of mandamus to compel him to make such payments. An answer was filed and upon the hearing the writ…