City of Decatur v. Schlick

The city of Decatur brought its four actions of debt in the circuit court of Macon county against the several appellants here, seeking recovery in each action for violations of a municipal ordinance. The causes were submitted to the court for trial without the intervention of a jury, by-agreement' and upon stipulations of fact, the stipulations providing that in the event the defendants should be found guilty of violating the provisions of the ordinance the fine should be $50 against each defendant found guilty, on each count of the declaration under which the finding of guilty should be…