Ryan v. Cudahy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. William G-. Ewing, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, brought by Thomas J. Ryan, against John Cudahy and others.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. William G-. Ewing, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, brought by Thomas J. Ryan, against John Cudahy and others. The bill alleges that the complainant, and all the defendants except the Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company, are members of the Chicago Board of Trade; that from April to November, 1892, complainant and Cudahy and Wright were large buyers, on said board, of short ribs; that £he market advanced normally until about the middle of August,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
By an act of the legislature approved February 18, 1859, (Private Laws of 1859, p. 13,) the persons composing the Board of Trade of the city of Chicago were created a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the “Board of Trade of the City of Chicago,” and by that name they were authorized to sue and be sued, receive and hold property, real and personal, adopt a common seal, and “make such rules, regulations and by-laws, from time to time, as they may think proper or necessary for the government of the corporation hereby created, not contrary to the laws of the land.” Section 4…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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