City of Ashland v. Maciejewski

The respondent was convicted of the violation of a municipal ordinance in the municipal court for Ashland county and appealed to the circuit court, the recognizance upon the appeal being signed by one Erickson (a city officer) as surety. The judgment of conviction was, after trial, reversed in the circuit court, and the city appeals to this court. The only contention made by the city is that the recognizance was void, and hence that-the circuit court acquired no jurisdiction of the case.

Sec. o of subch. XXI of appellant’s charter (ch. 27, Laws of 1889) contains this provision: “No city…