Stiska v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a decree of the superior • court of Cook County dismissing for want of equity the second amended complaint of the plaintiffs, appellants here, who are operators of bowling alleys, billiard parlors and poolrooms, seeking to enjoin the enforcement against them of an ordinance of the city of Chicago levying a tax of 3 per cent on the gróss receipts from admission fees or other charges to witness or participate in “amusements,” which are defined by section 1 of said ordinance to include “bowling, billiard and pool games.” The trigl court heard the case upon the second…