City of Watseka v. Blatt

On a trial before a justice of the peace, under a complaint charging appellant with violating a zoning ordinance of the City of Watseka, “by unlawfully extending and operating a junk yard on premises within the business district” of the city, he was found guilty and fined $25 and costs. On appeal to the circuit court of Iroquois county there was a like result, after a trial by the court without a jury. On his appeal to the Supreme Court the cause was transferred to this court because there was no certificate of the trial judge that the public interests required a direct appeal to the Supreme…