Harman v. Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. This was an action against the city of Chicago, Illinois, to recover the sum of three hundred dollars paid by the plaintiff on compulsion-, and under protest, for licenses for twelve steam tugs of which he was the manager and oivner. The action was-commenced in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, by stipulation of parties.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. This was an action against the city of Chicago, Illinois, to recover the sum of three hundred dollars paid by the plaintiff on compulsion-, and under protest, for licenses for twelve steam tugs of which he was the manager and oivner. The action was-commenced in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, by stipulation of parties. At the trial the plaintiffs put in evidence the following agreed statement of facts: “It is hereby stipulated and agreed that for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice JField
The question presented for determination is the validity of the ordinance of the city of Chicago exacting a license from the plaintiff for the privilege of navigating the Chicago River and its branches by tug-boats owned and- controlled by him. The Chicago River is a navigable stream, and its waters connect with the harbor of Chicago, and the vessels navigating the river and harbor have access by them to Lake Michigan, and the States bordering on the lake and connecting lakes and rivers. The tugs in question, from the owner of which the license fees were exacted, were enrolled and licensed in…
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