City of Witt v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

April 5, 1924, the city of Witt, a municipal corporation, brought suit against appellant in a justice court for violation of an ordinance of the city of Witt regulating the speed of passenger and freight trains running through the city. The defendant was found guilty in the justice court and an appeal taken to the circuit court of Montgomery county. The case was there tried without a jury, and the defendant was found guilty and judgment entered for $50 and costs of suit, and the case is now before this court on appeal from that judgment.

The ordinance under which this suit was instituted…