Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Bartels
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 8, 1909No. Gen. No. 14,282PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Action of debt. Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John C. Scovel, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant in error, the City of Chicago, commenced an action of debt of the fifth or quasi-criminal class in the Municipal Court of Chicago against plaintiff in error for an alleged violation of section 2478 of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of Chicago of 1905. The ordinance as shown by the record is in words and figures as follows:
“Section 1. That section 2478 of the Revised Municipal Code of Chicago of 1905, as amended November 26, 1906, be amended so as to read as follows:
“2478. (Deceit or Fraud in Regard to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McPherson v. Village of ChebanseIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- People v. WagnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- City of Evanston v. MyersIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Bradish v. YocumIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- West Chicago Park Commissioners v. KincadeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Kirwin v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- City of Seattle v. GoldsmithWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- Lanski v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1913
- Consolidated Ribbon & Carbon Co. v. Crane Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1913
- Educational Aid Society v. Bush Temple ConservatoryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914
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