City of Watseka v. Blatt

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Iroquois county. Appellant was charged in a complaint filed before a justice of the peace with unlawfully extending and operating a junk yard on premises within the business district of Watseka, in violation of a zoning ordinance. On appeal to the circuit court, appellant was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

There is no certificate in the record of the trial judge that the validity of a municipal ordinance is involved, and that the public interests require a direct appeal to this court, as required by section…