Seidschlag v. Town of Antioch

The Town of Antioch sued August Seidschlag before a justice of the peace for obstructing a highway, and recovered $o. On defendant’s appeal to the Circuit Court a jury found him guilty and assessed against him a fine of $3. Judgment was rendered on the verdict. Defendant appealed to the Supreme Court. That appeal was dismissed in Seidschlag v. Town of Antioch, 198 Ill. 413. Defendant then sued out a writ of error from this court.

Defendant states that there was no written complaint, and argues that a written complaint was necessary to give jurisdiction, and that his motion to dismiss the suit…