Legal Opinion
City of Hammond v. Calumet Coal & Supply Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 6, 1920No. 2718Published
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District •of Indiana. Suit in equity by the Calumet Coal & Supply Company against the City of Hammond, Ind., and members of its Board of Public Works. From an order granting preliminary injunction, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PAGE, Circuit Judge.
This suit was started by appellee, hereinafter known as Company, against appellants, the city of Hammond, hereinafter known as City, and its board of public works, to enjoin the City from enforcing against the Company the following ordinance, passed by the City:
“Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation hereafter desiring to locate, build, erect and maintain, or establish and maintain a coal, lumber or wood yard upon any block or square in said city,' shall file with the board of public works his or its petition for a permit, which shall properly describe the parcel of…
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