Hauge v. Chicago

Appellant, while residing at Morris, Illinois, engaged in trucking coal for hire from a mine near that place sixty-two miles over public roads to Chicago where he delivered it to consumers. He both owned and drove the truck.

The Revised Statutes of Illinois, (1935) c. 24, Art. Y, §§ 54, 55, 56, 91, give cities power to regulate inspection, weighing and measuring of coal, inspection and sealing of weights, measures, etc. Chapter 147 provides for inspecting and sealing scales by State officers; but no law permits designation of State weighmasters.

Chicago by ordinance has authorized the…