City of Petersburg v. Whitnack
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Suit for violation of an ordinance. Appeal from a judgment for the defendant, and against the appellant, for costs, rendered by the Circuit Court of Menard County; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Circuit Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court, the
Hon. George W. Wall, Judge.
This was a proceeding begun before a police magistrate by appellant against appellee, on complaint for a violation of an ordinance of the city, which made it unlawful for domestic animals named to run at large, and declared the herding or staking out of any such animator in any way permitting such animal, whether in charge of any person or not, to graze on any of the streets or alleys of said city, to be a violation of the ordinance.
The case was removed by appeal to the Circuit Court, where a trial by jury resulted in a verdict for the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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