Edelman Bros. v. Baikoff

277 Ill. App. 432, 1934 Ill. App. LEXIS 142
CourtAppellate Court of Illinois
DecidedNovember 27, 1934
DocketGen. No. 37,729
StatusPublished
Cited by10 cases

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Edelman Bros. v. Baikoff, 277 Ill. App. 432, 1934 Ill. App. LEXIS 142 (Ill. Ct. App. 1934).

Opinion

Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley

delivered the opinion of the court.

This interlocutory appeal is prosecuted by seven defendants from an order of the circuit court of Cook county, entered July 13, 1934, granting a temporary injunction against them and five others, based upon the allegations of complainants’ verified bill, filed July 10, 1934. In the order, after reciting that the cause came on to be heard upon complainants’ motion and upon notice to the 12 defendants and they being present in court or represented by counsel, and upon arguments being had, etc., it is adjudged and decreed that defendants (naming them), their officers, agents, employees, etc., and all persons acting under their control, and each of them, be restrained and enjoined, until further order of the court, “from standing upon, using or occupying the public sidewalks in front of their respective places of business on Halsted street, Chicago, or the public sidewalks adjacent or contiguous thereto, for the purpose of selling or seeking to sell articles of merchandise to pedestrians or passersby, or in asking for or soliciting tráde or patronage of any pedestrian or passerby using the aforesaid public sidewalks, and from making, causing, permitting or allowing to be made upon said public street (Halsted street), where defendants or any or either of them are engaged in business, or in such close proximity thereto as to be distinctly and loudly audible upon such public street, any noise of any kind by crying, calling or shouting, for the purpose of advertising any goods, wares or merchandise, or of attracting attention or inviting the patronage of any person to any of the businesses operated by the aforesaid defendants, or any or either of them, and from interfering with or impeding any pedestrian or passerby upon the public sidewalk in front of the places of business of said defendants, or any or either of .them, or the public sidewalk adjacent or contiguous thereto, as prayed for in plaintiff’s complaint.”

And the court further adjudged and decreed that an injunction writ issue as aforesaid, directed to the sheriff to execute and return in due form of law, upon complainants’ filing a bond in the sum of $2,000, with surety to be approved by the court or the clerk (which bond was filed and approved).

In complainants’, bill it is alleged in substance that they sue individually and jointly; that the suit involves a common question as to their respective rights; that by the bill it is sought to avoid a multiplicity of suits; and the defendants are sued as such, jointly and severally, because the charges against them involve the same common questions of law and fact. The respective businesses of the eight complainants, all located in and fronting on South Halsted street, south of West Roosevelt road (or 12th street) and north of West 14th street in Chicago, are then set forth, including the nature, character and extent of each business.

In paragraph 9 of the bill it is alleged that Halsted street is one of the longest streets in Chicago, runs north and south, is one of the main arteries of travel in the city and has for many years enjoyed a reputation as a “great shopping street for all kinds of goods and merchandise ’ ’; that Roosevelt road and 14th street are “heavily travelled east and west streets, and are transfer points from many street car lines operated on Halsted street, Roosevelt road and 14th street”; that Halsted street, between Roosevelt road and 14th street, “is a very busy shopping center,” and the respective places of business of complainants and all defendants are located on Halsted street in that area or center; that the patronage of merchants within that area “is not dependent on persons residing in the immediate vicinity of said businesses, but in a large measure the patronage of complainants and other merchants in said area comes from residents of all sections of the city and adjacent suburbs, attracted by reason of the transportation facilities available and the attractive values offered by the merchants in said area'; and that these patrons and prospective customers must necessarily use the public sidewalks on Halsted street in said area in coming to or going from the respective places of business of complainants.”

In paragraph 11 it is alleged that there was and is in force and effect certain ordinances of the City of Chicago regulating the selling or soliciting of trade on public sidewalks, and defining the unlawful use of such sidewalks and prohibiting the attracting of attention or inviting patronage of any person to any business whatsoever by any noise or crying or calling in audible manner on the streets; and that said ordinances were adopted prior to May 27, 1931, are designated as sections 1008, 1009 and 4194 of the Revised Municipal Code of 1931 of said City, and are as follows:

“1008. Selling or Soliciting Trade on Sidewalks a Nuisance. The practice of salesmen, clerks, agents and solicitors, while standing upon, using or occupying the public sidewalks, in selling or seeking to sell articles of merchandise to pedestrians or passersby, or in asking for or soliciting trade, custom or patronage of any pedestrian or passerby, for any business adjacent, adjoining, contiguous or near any public sidewalk, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and the owner or proprietor of any such business who shall refuse or neglect to abate such nuisance after being notified in writing so to do by the commissioner of police, shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay to the city a sum not less than $10, nor more than $200, for each and every day he shall refuse or neglect to remove or abate such nuisance.

“1009. Unlawful Use of Sidewalks. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand upon, use or occupy the public sidewalks for the purpose of or in pursuance of asking for or soliciting trade, custom or patronage for any person, firm or corporation whiqh owns or conducts a business adjacent or near any such public sidewalk.

“It shall be unlawful for the owner or owners of any such business, either in person or by or through any salesman, clerk, agent or solicitor, to stand upon, use or occupy the public sidewalks to ask for or solicit trade, custom or patronage for such business.

“It shall be unlawful for any person, while soliciting trade, or attempting to solicit trade, custom or patronage for any such business, to interfere with or impede any pedestrian or passerby upon a public sidewalk.

“Provided, nothing in this section contained shall be construed to include any business operated wholly or entirely upon the public-sidewalk space, under or by virtue of a lawful permit issued therefor.

“Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than $100 for each offense.

“4194. Calling oe Wares and Using Mechanical Devices eor Advertising Goods Prohibited.

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