People Ex Rel. Courshon v. Hirschfield

This appeal arises out of a mandamus action in which plaintiff appellant asserted that the Champaign County Board of Review, which consisted of the named defendants, had denied him certain procedural rights guaranteed by the Revenue Act of 1939 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 120, par. 482 et seq.).

In August 1974, plaintiff filed three real estate assessment complaints, each of which requested a hearing. The record does not indicate that the taxing authorities had increased the assessed valuation of his parcels; and, indeed, it does show by strong implication at least, that the assessments had not…