CHICAGO v. ATKINS

Gen. No. 47,395.

19 Ill. App.2d 177 (1958)

153 N.E.2d 302

City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Addie Mae Atkins, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Released for publication October 23, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan E. Waldman, of Chicago (David Brandwein, of counsel) for appellant.

John C. Melaniphy, Corporation Counsel of City of Chicago (Sydney R. Drebin, Assistant Corporation Counsel and Robert J. Collins, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel) for plaintiff-appellee.


PRESIDING JUSTICE LEWE delivered the opinion of the court.

The City of Chicago filed eleven statements of claim, containing 31 separate counts, for violation of its Municipal Code against defendant who maintained her apartment building in an unlawful condition. After trial commenced the eleven claims were consolidated into one case. Defendant pleaded not guilty and waived her right to a jury trial. The trial court found the defendant guilty of violating the Municipal...

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