Washingtonian Home v. City of Chicago

This was a petition for mandamus, brought by the Washingtonian Home of Chicago, against the city of Chicago, to compel the city to pay to the petitioner $25,000, —ten per cent of moneys received for licenses granted by the city for the right or privilege to sell spirituous liquors from January 1, 1893, to April 1, 1894. To the petition the city of Chicago interposed a general demurrer, which the court sustained and the petition was dismissed. To reverse the judgment of the circuit court the petitioner appealed.

The petitioner is a corporation organized under an act of the legislature approved…