Ward Baking Co. v. City of Chicago

The Ward Baking Company, a corporation, appellant, operating wholesale bread and cake bakeries in the city of Chicago, together with vehicles to distribute its products, filed its bill in the circuit court of Cook county to enjoin the city of Chicago, appellee, from prosecuting it for alleged violation of an ordinance relating to bakeries. Appellee filed an answer and there was a hearing by the chancellor. This appeal is from a decree dismissing the bill for want of equity.

By the terms of the Chicago ordinance of 1911 relating to bakeries it was provided that no person, firm or corporation…