People Ex Rel. Toman v. Crane

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county sustaining objections of George M. Crane to the 1936 taxes levied by the city of Chicago for a bond and interest fund and a building fund for library purposes, and ordering a refund of the amount paid under protest.

The facts are stipulated. On December 21, 1936, the city provided, by ordinance, for a bond issue of $12,349,000 to pay judgments against the city of $8,685,721, rendered prior to April 1, 1931, with accrued interest, amounting, in all, to the face of the bonds. The bonds were issued without a referendum and are…