City of Chicago v. Hagley

Plaintiff in error, the city of Chicago, filed its complaint in the municipal court of Chicago charging defendant in error, Olive L. Hagley, with operating an ice cream parlor without a license, as required by the ordinances of the city. A jury was waived, there was a trial by the court, defendant in error was found guilty and a fine of $25 was assessed. Defendant in error appealed to this court, the trial court having certified that the validity of an ordinance was involved. The case was transferred to the Appellate Court for the First District, where the judgment was reversed, and the case…