People Ex Rel. Toman v. B. Mercil & Sons Plating Co.

The rulings of the county court upon thirteen items of the annual tax levy of the city of Chicago for the year 1938, objected to upon application for judgment, are presented in this appeal. Inasmuch as six of these items are controlled by recent decisions of this court we will first discuss the items of the levy not involved in such opinions. All objections involved in this appeal were sustained by the county court. The county collector of Cook county appeals directly to this court as the revenue is involved.

The first objection is that the annual appropriation ordinance for corporate purposes…