Glickman v. Shallat

185 Ill. App. 115, 1914 Ill. App. LEXIS 975

Opinion

Mr. Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case G-lickman sued and obtained judgment against plaintiffs in error for services rendered them in procuring a purchaser for some real estate which they owned.

It is urged in this court that plaintiff was not a licensed real estate broker at the time of the transaction, and hence it is claimed he cannot recover commissions.

We know of no statute which requires a real estate broker to have a license, and no ordinance requiring a license is before us in the record. In City of Chicago v. Openheim, 229 Ill. 313, a case from the Municipal Court, the Supreme Court said that an ordinance not offered in evidence and not appearing in the record was not before it. In the recent case of Sixby v. Chicago City Ry. Co., 260 Ill. 478, it is held that the provision of the Municipal Court Act requiring Appellate Courts to take judicial notice of the'Municipal Court rules is void. Following the reasoning of this case, and upon the authority of the Oppenheim case, supra, we hold that this court cannot take judicial notice of ordinances. Without a license ordinance before us we see no reason for reversing this judgment. It is affirmed.

Affirmed.