Shredded Wheat Co. v. City of Elgin

The Shredded Wheat Company filed a bill in the circuit court of Kane county to enjoin the city of Elgin from enforcing against it the provisions of an ordinance which imposed a penalty upon any person carrying and distributing or posting hand-bills, samples, posters or other advertising without a license. The court sustained a demurrer to the bill and dismissed it for want of equity, and the complainant appealed.

It appears from the bill that the complainant is a corporation of the State of New York, engaged in manufacturing and selling an article of food known by the trade name of “shredded…