People ex rel. Ferris Wheel Co. v. Swift
Appellate Court of Illinois
Petition for Mandamus.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frangís Adams, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Gart
delivered the opinion of the Court.
A general ordinance of the city of Chicago—of which the appellee Swift is mayor, and the other appellees city clerk and city collector—provides for the issuing of dramshop licenses upon certain terms.
The relator, complying with those terms, applied for a license. It was refused, and the relator sued out this mandamus to compel the issuing of such license, and being denied that relief in the Circuit Court, has appealed to this.
The question for us is the validity of another ordinance which the appellant attacks upon two grounds:…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Culver v. PhelpsIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- City of Lake View v. TateAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
- City of Chicago v. StrattonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895