CITY OF DECATUR v. CHASTEEN

No. 35548.

19 Ill.2d 204 (1960)

166 N.E.2d 29

THE CITY OF DECATUR, Appellee, v. GEORGE CHASTEEN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FERGUSON & FERGUSON, of Decatur, for appellants.

BYRON M. MERRIS, Corporation Counsel, and CHARLES L. HUTHMACHER, City Attorney, both of Decatur, for appellee.


Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants George Chasteen, Gene Willis and Robert Bryson appealed directly to this court from separate judgments entered against them and in favor of plaintiff City of Decatur in the county court of Macon County. The actions, originally brought by the city in the court of a justice of the peace to collect penalties for an alleged violation of an ordinance, were decided in favor of defendants...

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