Berry v. City of Chicago

Appellants, electrical contractors in the city of Chicago, filed their bill in chancery in the circuit court of Cook county against the city of Chicago and certain of its officers to enjoin them from enforcing certain ordinances passed by the city council purporting to regulate the installation and alteration of electrical equipment and requiring the registration of electrical contractors. An application for a preliminary injunction was made, which, upon a hearing by the court, was denied and a decree entered dismissing the bill for want of equity at complainants’ costs, from which decree an…