Barber v. City of Evanston

Plaintiff, a justice of the peace, elected in the town of the city of Evanston, expended $30 for his official bond in the years 1934-1935. He sued the city of Evanston and a police magistrate rendered judgment against the city. Defendant prosecuted an appeal to the circuit court where on a trial de novo, without a jury, a judgment for the amount claimed was entered against the city of Evanston.

On this appeal the city seeks a reversal, asserting that plaintiff is not an officer of the city of Evanston and that the laws, rules or regulations of the city of Evanston do not require a justice of…