ILL. COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY v. LORENZ

No. 35938.

21 Ill.2d 219 (1961)

171 N.E.2d 620

ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY, Appellee, v. FRANCIS S. LORENZ, County Treasurer et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRANCIS X. RILEY, and JAMES J. GLASSER, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellants.

SEYMOUR KEITH, of Chicago, (VICTOR POTYSMAN, LEONARD SCHANFIELD, and NORMAN L. ROTHENBAUM, of counsel,) for appellee.


Decree affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

The single question presented by this appeal is whether the plaintiff, Illinois College of Optometry, a nonprofit corporation, is a school within the meaning of section 19.1 of the Revenue Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 120, par. 500.1,) so as to entitle it to the privilege of exemption from general taxes. The superior court of Cook County resolved the issue in the affirmative and defendants...

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