Northwestern Fertilizing Co. v. Village of Hyde Park

In the year 1867, a number of persons became incorporated, under an act of the General Assembly, as the Northwestern Fertilizing Company. They were, by their charter, empowered to establish depots in the city of Chicago for the reception of offal, dead animals and animal matter, either from the city or from individuals, and to erect a factory for its conversion into an agricultural fertilizer, to be established at a designated point about fifteen miles south of the city. The charter authorized a subscription of $250,000 of stock in the company, and the organization was to continue for fifty…