Winter v. Barrett

On March'29, 1933, Robert Irving Winter, a resident tax-payer of Madison county and a retail merchant there engaged in selling tangible personal property at retail, filed a petition for leave to file a bill in the circuit court of said county, on behalf of himself and all other tax-payers similarly situated, against appellants, Edward J. Barrett, Auditor of Public Accounts, John C. Martin, State Treasurer, and Joseph J. Rice, Director of Finance of the State, and the State’s attorney, sheriff and other county officers of said county, to restrain and enjoin the disbursement of public funds of…