Village of Itasca v. Luehring

The village of Itasca filed a complaint in the county court of Du Page County against Wesley Luehring, seeking penalties for defendant’s failure to procure a broker’s license as required by a village ordinance. Defendant answered, admitting that he was a real-estate broker, resided in the village, and had his principal place of business therein, but alleging that the ordinance is unconstitutional and void. The court found that the ordinance, in so far as it applies to brokers, is uncertain, incomplete and constitutes an unwarranted delegation of legislative power to the enforcing officer. The…