Legal Opinion
Edward R. Bacon Grain Co. v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 21, 1945No. Gen. No. 43,335PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Niemeyer
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an interlocutory appeal from an order temporarily restraining the City of Chicago and its offleers from enforcing against plaintiffs an ordinance of the city (sections 134-1 to 134-5, inclusive, of the Municipal Code as amended December 15, 1943) which required a license to conduct or operate a grain elevator, and the payment of a license fee of $300 annually for elevators having a capacity of not more than one million bushels, and $600 for elevators having greater capacity.
The plaintiffs, a partnership and 12…
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