Aberdeen-Franklin Coal Co. v. City of Chicago

The Aberdeen-Franklin Coal Company, a corporation engaged in the business of conducting a coal yard in the city of Chicago for the sale of coal at retail, and 175 other corporations, firms and individuals engaged in a like business, filed on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, in the circuit court of Cook county, a bill in chancery against the city of Chicago, praying for an injunction restraining the city from enforcing the provisions of an ordinance of the city requiring coal dealers to be licensed. The injunction was asked on the ground of invalidity of the…