City of Chicago v. Iroquois Steel & Iron Co.

Defendant, a dealer in scrap iron and steel, was found guilty and fined $100 in the municipal court of Chicago upon a charge of conducting the business of a wholesale junk dealer without having first procured a license under section 3705 of the municipal code. Defendant prosecuted an appeal to the Supreme Court on a certificate by the trial judge that the validity of a municipal ordinance was involved. The Supreme Court stated, however, that “the appeal involved the construction of the ordinance as to whether it is applicable to appellant’s particular business rather than as to its validity”…