Swift v. People ex rel. Ferris Wheel Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The questions in this case for decision arose in the circuit court of Cook county on a general demurrer to the petition of the Perris Wheel Company, as relator, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellant Swift, the mayor of the city of Chicago, to issue to the relator a license to keep a dram-shop. The demurrer being sustained in that court, the petitioner appealed to the Appellate Court, where the judgment of the circuit court was reversed and the cause remanded, with directions to award the writ. The record is now brought to this court by a further appeal by the respondents below.
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