Fertilizing Co. v. Hyde Park
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. The Northwestern Fertilizing Company, a corporation created by an act of the legislature of Illinois, approved March 8, 1867, filed its bill in equity to restrain the village of Hyde Park, in Cook County, Illinois, from enforcing the provisions of an ordinance of that village, which the company claims impairs the obligation of its charter. The bill also prayed for general relief.
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Error to tbe Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. The Northwestern Fertilizing Company, a corporation created by an act of the legislature of Illinois, approved March 8, 1867, filed its bill in equity to restrain the village of Hyde Park, in Cook County, Illinois, from enforcing the provisions of an ordinance of that village, which the company claims impairs the obligation of its charter. The bill also prayed for general relief. The Supreme Court of that State affirmed the decree of the Circuit Court of Cook County dismissing the bill; whereupon the company sued out this writ of error. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
This case was brought here by a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois.
The alleged ground of our jurisdiction is, that the record presents a question of Federal jurisprudence. A brief statement of the facts will be sufficient for the purposes of this opinion;
The plaintiff in error was incorporated by an act of the legislature, approved March 8, 1867. The act declared that the' corporation should “ have continued succession and existence for the term of fifty years.” The fourth and fifth sections are as follows: —
“ Sect. 4. Said corporation is hereby authorized and…
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