City of Springfield v. Hickox
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action originally brought before the Mayor of the city of Springfield to recover the sum of twelve dollars of the defendants for a debt incurred as a penalty under an ordinance of the city requiring licenses to be taken out by merchants, &c.
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This was an action originally brought before the Mayor of the city of Springfield to recover the sum of twelve dollars of the defendants for a debt incurred as a penalty under an ordinance of the city requiring licenses to be taken out by merchants, &c. The case was taken by appeal into the Sangamon Circuit Court, and there heard before the Hon. Samuel H. Treat, at the November term 1844. The defendants having filed and proved a set off-, the Court rendered a judgment in their favor for $38, and costs.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Purple, J.*
This suit was originally instituted by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error, before the Mayor of the city of Springfield, to recover the sum of twelve dollars, for a debt incurred by the defendants as a penalty for the violation of certain ordinances of the city requiring all merchants, retailers, grocers, &c., to procure annually from the City Council a license, in default of which, the party is made liable to the penalty of twelve dollars, to be collected by action before the Mayor.
The summons was issued by the Mayor on…
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