Dalton v. Joseph Lumber Co.

Plaintiffs appeal from a decree dismissing for want of equity their complaint seeking to nullify a license issued to the defendant Joseph Lumber Company authorizing it to establish, operate and maintain the business of a lumber yard on premises in the City of Chicago, and to enjoin the said defendant from establishing, operating and maintaining a lumber yard on the premises in question.

Under the city ordinances the consent of the majority of the owners of property within 150 feet of defendant’s property was a condition precedent to the issuance of a license for the maintenance and operation…