# Board of Trade v. People ex rel. Sturges

> Illinois Supreme Court · September 15, 1878 · 91 Ill. 80

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6960442

## Case

- **Full name:** The Board of Trade of Chicago v. The People ex rel. William N. Sturges
- **Court:** Illinois Supreme Court
- **Decided:** September 15, 1878
- **Citations:** 91 Ill. 80
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Scholfielddickey
- **Judges:** Dickey, Scholfield, Scott
- **Cited by:** 15 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Scholfield and Dickey, JJ., dissenting:
We do not concur in this opinion. We think that the word “ franchise,” as used in the constitution and in the statute, was not used in the strict technical sense, but in its broader and more popular sense.

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