Kitt v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Cook County seeking a construction of section 193-26 of the Municipal Code of Chicago involving the licensing of certain games of amusement. The arguments concern the constitutionality of the ordinance as well as its application to the matter in question.

The plaintiffs-appellants, hereinafter designated as plaintiffs, are the distributors for the types of coin games involved in this suit. They filed seven separate suits against the defendant city, each suit covering a separate game or games, asking for a writ of mandamus to require the proper…