President & Trustees of the Town v. Mappin
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was heard at November term, 1852, of the Menard Circuit Court, by Woodson, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
In March, 1849, Mappin and Estel obtained from the president and trustees of the town of Petersburg a license to keep a grocery; and they, with Atchinson and Lanning as sureties, executed a bond to the corporation, in the penalty of five hundred dollars, conditioned that they would keep an orderly house, and would not keep the same open on Sundays, nor permit gaming or riotous conduct therein. In April, .1850, the corporation recovered a judgment against all of the obligors, for the penalty of the bond and costs of suit. The defendants obtained leave to prosecute an appeal to the Supreme…
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