People ex rel. Edgar v. National Box Co.

This appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus against the board of review of that county commanding it to value and assess the capital stock of the appellant, the National Box Company, for each of the years from 1899 to 1909, inclusive. The board of review answered the petition, admitting that the appellant is a corporation organized for purely manufacturing purposes; that it was the duty of the board to value and assess the capital stock of the appellant in the years mentioned and that it had not done so. The appellant demurred to…