Legal Opinion

Kinsley v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1888PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Bollen S. Williamson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sheldon

This is an appeal from a judgment of affirmance by the Appellate Court for the First District, of a judgment of the Criminal Court of Cook county, for a penalty for keeping a meat market in the city of Chicago, and selling meats without a license, in violation of sections 1575 and 1579 of the revised ordinances of said city, as amended by the ordinances of July 10,1882, and February 26, 1883. The'only question presented by the record in this case is as to the validity of the aforenamed sections, in imposing a license fee of fifteen dollars per annum upon vendors of meats.

The city’s claim of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chicago Packing & Provision Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Wiggins Ferry Co. v. City of East St. LouisIllinois Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Gundling v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. City of Chicago v. NetcherIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  3. City of Carrollton v. BazzetteIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Chicago Cosmetic Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Monroe v. City of LawrenceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1890

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