City of Chicago v. Piehl

It is conceded that the city had the power to pass the ordinances in question, as was held by this court in Hastings Express Company v. Chicago, 135 Ill. App. 268. In Harder’s Storage Co. v. Chicago, 235 Ill. 58, the Supreme Court of this state held that the city of Chicago had the power to impose a license or tax upon vehicles using its streets. By the three cases referred to the law is settled that, so far as these ordinances operate, the city of Chicago has the power to tax the occupation involved and the vehicles.

It is contended that the ordinances unlawfully discriminate between persons…