Legal Opinion

Baxter v. Board of Trade

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1876PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. S. M. Moore, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

On the 7th day of November, 1872,.appellant, James Baxter, was expelled from membership in the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago. On the 18th-day of August, 1.874, he filed, in the Superior Court of Cook county, a petition for mandamus, in which he prayed that the board of trade might be summoned to appear, and show cause why a writ of mcmdamus should not be issued, requiring it' to restore petitioner to all the rights, privileges and functions of membership in the board. After the petition for mandarrws was filed, and summons issued thereon, appellant filed this bill, in which he prayed…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fisher v. Board of TradeIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Cuppel v. Milwaukee Chamber of CommerceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Board of Trade v. RiordanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
  3. Canadian Religious Ass'n v. ParmenterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
  4. Sturges v. Board of TradeIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  5. Albers v. Merchants' Exchange of St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890

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