Poyer v. Village of Des Plaines
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—■ heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas A. Moban, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—■ heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas A. Moban, Judge, presiding. This was a bill filed by appellant to restrain the village of Des Plaines from prosecuting seven suits then pending, and to restrain others threatened, under the following ordinance: “Be it ordained by the president and hom'd of trustees of the village of Des Plaines: “Sec. 1. That all public picnics and open air dances within the limits of said village are hereby declared to be nuisances. “Sec. 2. That for any person or…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
The purpose of the bill filed in this case was to restrain the village of Des Plaines, its officers and others, from prosecuting seven suits pending against the complainant for violations of an ordinance of said village, and from instituting other prosecutions for other alleged offences under such ordinance. The preamble to the ordinance in question recites, that by reason of the holding of public picnics, etc., within the village, the disorderly and vicious classes had gathered and congregated in the village, from Chicago and other places to which the village is adjacent, and that the peace…
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