People ex rel. Zaransky v. City of Chicago

Plaintiff, by a petition for mandamus, asked that defendants be commanded to issue to him a retail junk dealer’s license for the year 1937, as provided for in sections 3710, 3711 and 3712 of the Revised Chicago Code, 1931. The trial court denied the petition and plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff alleges that he was engaged in the retail junk dealer business at 5825 South State street in Chicago; that he made application for the license January 27, 1937, for the year 1937, and had complied with all the ordinance requirements, and that defendants refused to issue the license.

Sec. 3710 of the…