In re Appeal of Pitkin & Brooks

This is an appeal from the board of review of Cook county to reverse its decision holding that certain, imported goods were liable to taxation as the property of appellant. Upon the hearing before the board, sitting jointly with the board of assessors of Cook county, appellant’s objections to the assessment upon such property were overruled and the property was held subject to taxation.

It appears that on April 1, 1901, the corporation of Pitkin & Brooks had in its own warehouses goods imported from foreign countries of the value of $90,928, and the board, taking the view that imported goods…