City of Chicago v. Northern Paper Stock Co.

The city of Chicago filed a complaint in the municipal court of that city charging that the Northern Paper Stock Company, a domestic corporation, conducted a junk store and operated the business of a junk dealer without a license in violation of section 3512 of the municipal code of 1922, as amended. A trial by the court without a jury resulted in a judgment imposing upon the defendant a fine of $200 and costs. The defendant prosecutes an appeal to this court since the validity of a municipal ordinance is involved in the case and the trial judge has certified that in his opinion the public…