United States v. World's Columbian Exposition
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
In Equity! On motion for preliminary injunction. Suit by the United States against the World’s Columbian Exposition, an Eli-nois corporation, and others, to restrain the defendants from opening on Sundays the World’s Fair held at Jackson Park in the'.'city', of Chicago.
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In Equity! On motion for preliminary injunction. Suit by the United States against the World’s Columbian Exposition, an Eli-nois corporation, and others, to restrain the defendants from opening on Sundays the World’s Fair held at Jackson Park in the'.'city', of Chicago. Before the beginning of this suit a temporary injunc-' lion had been granted by the superior court of Cook county forbidding the corporation to close the World’s Fair on Sunday^. , For a full statement of ihe facts, see the report of this ease on appeal. 56 Fed. Hep. 654. . ]
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge,
(orally.) Of the interesting question» involved in the case the first that T shall consider is that of'" the-possession of Jackson Park. It is a question which must be determined by reference to the act of congress of April 25, 1890V There is, in my view of the cast', no dispute of fact involved. It is trae that the hill alleges and the answer denies that the defend-' ant, the local corporation, delivered possession to the United States, but I do not understand that: the denial was intended to put in issue, or does put in issue, any matter of fact touching the posses-'…
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