Harmon v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by William Harmon against the city of Chicago, to recover back the sum of $300, paid by the plaintiff on compulsion and under protest, for tug boat licenses.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by William Harmon against the city of Chicago, to recover back the sum of $300, paid by the plaintiff on compulsion and under protest, for tug boat licenses. The declaration consisted merely of the common indebitatus assumpsit counts, to which the defendant pleaded non assumpsit, and the trial was had before the court, a jury being waived, on the following stipulation as to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
delivered the- opinion of the Court:
The statement preceding this opinion contains the entire evidence as it appears in the bill of exceptions, but the facts, more briefly, are these: On the 26th day of September, 1888, the plaintiff was the owner and manager of twelve steam tugs, each of twenty tons burden or over, all of which were enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade by the United States authorities in the Northern District of Illinois, in pursuance of the provisions of the Federal Statutes, and were engaged in the coasting and foreign trade and in commerce and navigation, that is…
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