City of Chicago v. Ripley
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John C. Scovel, Judge, presiding. George H. White, Prosecuting Attorney, (Henry M. Seligman, and John L. McInerney, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This was an action of debt commenced in the municipal court of Chicago by the city of Chicago, against Herbert Ripley, to recover a penalty for the violation of section 655 of the revised municipal code of Chicago, as amended, for piling lumber for the purpose of storage on a lot in the city of Chicago within one hundred feet of a, private residence, which ordinance reads as follows: “No lumber shall be piled for the purpose of storage, seasoning or drying the same, within fifty (50) feet of any planing mill or woodworking manufactory, nor within one hundred (100) feet of any private…
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