Bessonies v. City of Indianapolis

This suit was commenced by the appellee, against the appellant, on the 24th day of September, 1879, before the mayor of said city of Indianapolis, to collect a penalty for an alleged violation by the appellant of certain sections of a certain city ordinance. On the trial of the cause before the mayor, the appellant was adjudged to be guilty of the offence charged, and to pay a certain penalty, from which judgment he appealed to the court below.

In this latter court, at special term, the appellant’s demurrer to appellee’s complaint having beeu overruled, and his exception saved to this ruling,…