Chicago-Crawford Currency Exchange, Inc. v. Thillens, Inc.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs, a group of currency exchange operators, in a declaratory judgment action in chancery, charged defendants with “unfair competition” and a conspiracy to evade the licensing provisions of the Community Currency Exchanges Act (Ill Rev Stats 1961, c 161/2, §§ 30-56.3). They sought injunctive and affirmative relief. Defendants, Thillens, Inc., and Melvin Thillens, doing business as Thillens Merchandising Company, appeal from a partial summary decree, which enjoins both defendants from engaging in an ambulatory currency…