Legal Opinion

Chicago Flour Co. v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1909PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeals from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

The Chicago Flour Company and the Millers’ Products Company brought separate actions onThe case against the city of Chicago. Demurrers were sustained to the declarations and judgments rendered in favor of the defendant. The appeals, taken directly to this court by the respective plaintiffs on the ground that the validity of a municipal ordinance is involved, the court having certified that the public interest so requires, have been consolidated.

The declarations show 'the following state of facts: The plaintiffs were wholesale dealers in flour, doing business in the city of Chicago, and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Transportation Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Railroad v. CappsIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Lefkovitz v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1908

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Anselmo v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
  2. Iron City Automobile Co. v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  3. Otis Elevator Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Gaunt & Haynes, Inc. v. Moritz Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1985
  5. Granite City Moose Lodge No. 272 v. KramerIllinois Supreme Court · 1983

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