Klinesmith v. Harrison
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. The bill in this case alleges that, for many years past, H. C. Klinesmith, the complainant, has been carrying on the business of an auctioneer in the city of Chicago, and that he is in every respect a fit and proper person to conduct said business; that said city heretofore passed an ordinance in relation to licensing and taxing auctioneers, as follows: Sec. 931. “Any person may…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. The bill in this case alleges that, for many years past, H. C. Klinesmith, the complainant, has been carrying on the business of an auctioneer in the city of Chicago, and that he is in every respect a fit and proper person to conduct said business; that said city heretofore passed an ordinance in relation to licensing and taxing auctioneers, as follows: Sec. 931. “Any person may become'an auctioneer and be licensed to sell real and personal property at auction at a place to be named in said license,…
1Opinion of the CourtBailey, P. J.
The object of the present bill, if we are to judge from the propositions discussed by counsel in their arguments, is to restrain the mayor and police officers of the city of Chicago from attempting to enforce against the complainant certain ordinances of the city prohibiting him from carrying on the business of an auctioneer without a license. The provisions of the ordinance prescribing the mode in which a license must be applied for, and the conditions upon which it will be granted, are set out in the bill, and it is alleged that the complainant has made his application in strict compliance…
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