Emm v. Sopher

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of La Salle County allowing defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a declaratory judgment proceeding. The trial judge has certified that the validity of two municipal ordinances is involved and that the public interest requires a direct appeal to this court.

The complaint sought a declaratory judgment that a certain ordinance of the city of Streator adopted March 14, i960, be declared void and that a certain liquor license also be declared void.

The facts, as disclosed by the pleadings, show that in 1939 the city of Streator adopted a…