Village of Princeville v. Hitchcock
Appellate Court of Illinois
Debt, to recover a penalty for the violation of an ordinance. Appeal from the County Court of Peoria County; the Hon. R. H. Lovett, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901. Rehearing denied.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action of debt brought by the village against Hitchcock in the County Court to recover penalties for violations of an ordinance. To an appropriate declaration setting out the ordinance and charging violations thereof by defendant, the latter pleaded nil debet. Defendant obtained a verdict and a judgment, and plaintiif appeals.
1. The judgment is that defendant recover his costs of plaintiff and have execution therefor. A city is not liable for costs in a prosecution under an ordinance. (Anderson v. Schubert, 158 Ill.…
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