Rohde v. City of Chicago

Plaintiff brought suit against the defendant to recover $150, being license fees of $30 a year he had paid the defendant city for the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928, under the provision of a city ordinance, his contention being that the ordinance was void. At the close of plaintiff’s case there was a finding and judgment in favor of the defendant and this appeal follows.

The record discloses that an ordinance was passed by the city council of Chicago requiring a license and the payment of a fee therefor from persons or concerns engaged in beauty culture; that plaintiff during the years…