Legal Opinion
City of Lake View v. Tate
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 17, 1889PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook County; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtMoran, J.
This was an action brought to recover a penalty against appellee, who was an engineer in the employ of the Chicago & Evanston By. Co., for running an engine and train of cars through the city of Lake View at a rate of speed forbidden by the ordinance of said city. On the trial in the Criminal Court the finding of the court was not guilty, and the city brings the appeal. The question presented, is the validity of the ordinance alleged to have been violated.
The city of Lake View extends along Lake Michigan north, for a distance of five miles from Fullerton avenue (which divides it from Chicago)…
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