Webster v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
The statement of the case is in the opinion of the court. This cause was heard before Wilkinson, Judge, at October term, 1852, of the Carroll Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, J.
We entertain no doubt that the circuit court decided properly in entertaining the appeal in this case. It is an action instituted by Tisdel in the name of the State of Illinois under the seventh section of the revenue law, (R. S. 437,) before a justice of the peace, to recover the penalty of one hundred dollars. The venue was changed to another justice of the peace, who sustained a motion to dismiss the proceeding for informality, and entered a judgment for costs against the complainant, who appealed to the circuit court, where a motion was made to dismiss the appeal, which was…
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