Legal Opinion

People v. Blue Mountain Joe

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1889PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Clark county; the Hon. Henry Gasaway, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shope

This was an action of debt, brought in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, for the use of the State Board of Health, against “Blue Mountain Joe,” before a justice of the peace, in Clark county. An appeal was taken from the judgment of the justice of the peace to the county court of that county, where a trial was had by jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff below prosecutes this appeal from that judgment.

A motion was entered in this court to dismiss the appeal in this cause upon the following grounds: First, from the record it does not…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chaplin v. Commissioners of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Williams v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Johnson v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  4. People ex rel. Meyer v. HazelwoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Potwin v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Milwaukee Medical College v. ChittendenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Parks v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
  3. People ex rel. State Board of Health v. ApfelbaumIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Village of Maywood v. HoustonIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  5. State ex rel. Burroughs v. WebsterIndiana Supreme Court · 1898

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