Durchslag v. Smith

The Auditor of Public Accounts denied the application of the plaintiff, Milton L. Durchslag, for a license to operate a currency exchange at 944 North Orleans Street in Chicago. The circuit court of Cook County upheld the Auditor’s decision, and plaintiff appeals directly to this court. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. i6}4, par. 52.2.) The personal qualifications of the plaintiff to- operate a currency exchange have not been questioned; the sole issue concerns his right to establish a currency exchange at the specific location proposed in his application.

When the plaintiff’s application was…