Legal Opinion

People Ex Rel. Hughes v. Universal Service Ass'n

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 12, 1937No. 23793. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farthing

The circuit court of Cook county, having granted leave, the Attorney General, on the relation of Edward J. Hughes, Secretary of State, filed an information in the nature of quo warranto against the Universal Service Association, a non-profit corporation organized under the provisions of “An act concerning corporations,” (32 S. H. A. 158; State Bar Stat. 1935, chap. 32, par. 159, p. 886.) The amended information charged the appellant, (hereinafter called respondent,) with conducting a business for pecuniary profit and carrying on activities which only a corporation for profit has the right to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Peabody v. Chicago Gas Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Santa Clara Female Academy v. SullivanIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Read v. Tidewater Coal Exchange, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1922

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Universal Service Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
  2. Community Blood Bank of the Kansas City Area, Inc., a Corporation v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  3. City of Chicago v. SeveriniAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  4. People ex rel. Padula v. HughesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1938
  5. National Bureau of Property Administration, Inc. v. Tax Service Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937

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