DeWolf v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
The plaintiff sued defendant in assumpsit for his legal fees as justice of the peace, and for like fees collected and paid into the city treasury, which were duly demanded by plaintiff from defendant. Defendant’s plea—general issue. Judgment for defendant, and exception.
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The plaintiff sued defendant in assumpsit for his legal fees as justice of the peace, and for like fees collected and paid into the city treasury, which were duly demanded by plaintiff from defendant. Defendant’s plea—general issue. Judgment for defendant, and exception. The facts agreed upon are as follows : Plaintiff, Calvin DeWolf, at the time the services hereinafter mentioned were rendered, as claimed by him, was a justice of the peace, in the town of South Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, and acting as a justice of the peace, he tried the causes mentioned in the bill of particulars…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
The counsel for the city contends, that the appellant is not entitled to claim, as justice of the peace, such fees as accrued to him, in cases tried by him to recover certain fines and penalties in which the city was the party plaintiff. He places his objections chiefly upon two grounds. First. Because the city council, under the charter, had designated two justices of the peace in the city, who had jurisdiction in all cases for the recovery of any fine or penalty under the charter or any ordinance, by-law, or police regulation of the city council. Such justices, so designated, constituted…
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