Town of Petersburg v. Metzker
Illinois Supreme Court
The town of Petersburg, in the county of Menard and State of Illinois, had filed before one J. J. H. Pillsbury, a police justice, in and for said town, a complaint against said defendant, charging him with violating the 2nd section of ordinance No. 7, of the town ordinance, by-laws of the town of Petersburg. The said defendant was tried before the justice and fined ten dollars, and thereupon he appealed to the Circuit Court of Menard county.
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The town of Petersburg, in the county of Menard and State of Illinois, had filed before one J. J. H. Pillsbury, a police justice, in and for said town, a complaint against said defendant, charging him with violating the 2nd section of ordinance No. 7, of the town ordinance, by-laws of the town of Petersburg. The said defendant was tried before the justice and fined ten dollars, and thereupon he appealed to the Circuit Court of Menard county. This cause came up for trial at the May term of said court, 1858, before Harriott, Judge, of said circuit, and was tried by the court, without the…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
The powers of all corporations are limited by the grants in their charters, and cannot extend beyond them. The act incorporating the Town of Petersburg, (Laws 1841, page 333) provides, sec. 7, “ That the board of trustees of said town shall have power to impose fines and forfeitures for the breach of any ordinance, and provide for the collection thereof; and to direct by ordinance such punishments to be inflicted for any offense against the laws of the corporation, as is, or may be provided by law, for like offenses against the laws of the State.”
In pursuance of this power, the town…
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