Berkowitz v. Lester

This was an action brought in the circuit court of Cook county, by the plaintiff in error, to recover the statute penalty provided by section 132 of the Criminal Code. The action being quasi criminal, the circuit court, on motion of the defendants, dismissed the suit, on the sole ground, as shown by a bill of exceptions in an amended record filed in the cause, that the circuit court of Cook county, under the constitution and laws of the State, has no jurisdiction of the subject matter of such an action. No bond for costs was filed by the plaintiff, as is required by the statute in such cases,…