Ohio Oil Co. v. Wright

In September, 1941, appellant, The Ohio Oil Company, filed' in the circuit court of Sangamon county its complaint for injunction and relief against the Treasurer of the State of Illinois and others to test the validity of “An Act in relation to a tax upon persons engaged in the business of producing oil in this State, and providing for the collection and payment of the tax by persons handling or receiving the oil so produced.” (Approved May 29, 1941.) The amended complaint alleges the taxes required to be paid by said act were paid under protest, and this suit is for the recovery of all sums…