City of Chicago v. Quimby
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County. This was an action of debt brought by the appellant against the appellee to recover the penalty for the violation of a city ordinance, which required every person, or business firm bringing to, or receiving flour at the Chicago market, to have the same inspected by the “ City Flour Inspector,” if so desired by the buyer, under a penalty of five dollars for each barrel sold without inspection.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County. This was an action of debt brought by the appellant against the appellee to recover the penalty for the violation of a city ordinance, which required every person, or business firm bringing to, or receiving flour at the Chicago market, to have the same inspected by the “ City Flour Inspector,” if so desired by the buyer, under a penalty of five dollars for each barrel sold without inspection. The charter of Chicago, empowered the city to regulate the inspection of flour, &c., and appoint inspectors, and the charter of the Board of Trade…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This record presents the question whether a member of the Board of Trade is liable to the penalty fixed for the violation of the city ordinance, who sells flour inspected by the officer appointed by the Board of Trade for that purpose. The charter of that body, by the tenth section, declares that the “said corporation shall have power to appoint one or more persons, as they may see fit, to examine, weigh, measure, gauge or inspect flour, grain, provisions, liquors, lumber, or any other article of produce or traffic commonly dealt in by the members of said corporation, and the certificate of…
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