Hearst's Chicago American v. Spiss
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Baker
delivered the opinion of the court.
The sign of appellant was suspended over the street in violation of a public ordinance of the city of Chicago—Ordinances of Chicago, sec. 1908. The fact that the city council, by resolution, granted appellant a permit to put up the sign did not make it lawful for it to do so. Whether a city council may by ordinance make it lawful to suspend such a sign across a public street is a question not necessary for us to'decide. It is sufficient to say that the ordinance which prohibited the erection of such a sign could not be amended,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Salisbury v. HerchenroderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- North Chicago Street Railroad v. DudgeonIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- People ex rel. Conlon v. MountIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Jones v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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