VILLAGE OF NILES v. SZCZESNY

No. 34466.

13 Ill.2d 45 (1958)

147 N.E.2d 371

THE VILLAGE OF NILES, Appellee, v. JOSEPH SZCZESNY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WACHOWSKI & WACHOWSKI, of Chicago, (CASIMIR R. WACHOWSKI, of counsel,) for appellant.

BRYANT, COLWELL & WELLS, of Chicago, (JOHN M. BRYANT, and HENRY L. WELLS, of counsel,) for appellee.


Appellate Court reversed, and cause remanded to criminal court.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

A police magistrate of the village of Niles found the defendant guilty of the violation of a fire ordinance and fined him $500 and costs. Defendant perfected an appeal to the superior court of Cook County, and the plaintiff village filed its appearance and moved to dismiss the appeal for lack...

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