People ex rel. Rice v. Board of Trade
Illinois Supreme Court
.Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Samuel M. Moore, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The General Assembly granted a charter authorizing a number of persons and their associates to form, in the city of Chicago, a board of trade. The organization was perfected, officers elected, by-laws adopted and the objects of the incorporation carried into operation. Thomas Bice, the relator, applied to and became a member of the body. In the year 1872, he was a member of the firm of John B. Lyon & Co., which consisted of Lyon, Bice and George J. Brine. The firm, was largely engaged in buying and selling grain during the month of August of that year. They purchased a considerable quantity…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Page v. Board of TradeIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
3Cited by38 opinions
- O'BRIEN v. MatualAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
- Charles O. Finley & Co., Inc. v. Bowie K. KuhnCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- People ex rel. Keefe v. Women's Catholic Order of ForestersIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Engel v. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Board of Trade v. NelsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
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