Linehan v. City of Chicago

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court perpetually enjoining the enforcement of an ordinance of the City of Chicago requiring that licenses be obtained for the conducting of the “business of merchandise brokers or manufacturers’ agents,” upon the ground that the ordinance was void and unenforceable.

The ordinance is claimed to be within the power granted by the Cities and Villages Act, ch. 24, art. 5, subsec. 91 [Cahill’s Ill. St. ch. 24, ¶ 65, subsec. 91], by which the city is granted power “to tax, license and…