People v. W. A. Wiebolt & Co.

We are asked to review by writ of error the judgment rendered by the circuit court of Cook county in an action of debt to collect 1930 personal property taxes. Suit was filed in that court on August 24, 1932, and judgment rendered June 13, 1933, against the plaintiff in error in the sum of $7238, “together with penalty thereon at the rate of one per cent per month from May 1, A. D. 1932, until said debt shall be paid.”

In answer to the contention that the judgment is incorrect because it is for the amount of the tax, $7238, “together with penalty thereon at the rate of one per cent per month…