Nelson v. Board of Trade
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus, to compel the restoration of a suspended member of the Board of Trade, etc. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry W. Freeman, Judge, presiding. Submitted at-the March term, 1895, of this court. Statement of the Case. This was a proceeding to compel, by writ of mandamus, the restoration of the petitioner to the privileges of a member of the Board of Trade; he having been by order of its directors suspended, indefinitely.
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Mandamus, to compel the restoration of a suspended member of the Board of Trade, etc. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry W. Freeman, Judge, presiding. Submitted at-the March term, 1895, of this court. Statement of the Case. This was a proceeding to compel, by writ of mandamus, the restoration of the petitioner to the privileges of a member of the Board of Trade; he having been by order of its directors suspended, indefinitely. The petitioner alleges the ownership by the Board of Trade of real property in the city of Chicago of the value of about §3,000,000, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the Court.
We can not regard the attempt of the Board of Trade to limit the charges which warehousemen may make or the business which the managers of grain warehouses may do as an infringement of or counter to any law of this State. True it is that under the laws of this State the charges that may be made for the storage of grain in public warehouses are limited, but there is as yet no legislation depriving ware-housemen of the right to make their charges less than the maximum fixed by law. The action of the Board of Trade in this regard…
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- Liter v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
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