CITY OF CHICAGO v. CAMPBELL

Gen. No. 48,007.

27 Ill. App.2d 456 (1960)

170 N.E.2d 19

City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Porter D. Campbell, c/o Josephine Godfrey, Porter D. and Aurelia Campbell, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

October 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCoy, Ming, and Leighton (George N. Leighton, of counsel) for appellants.

John C. Melaniphy, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago (Sydney R. Drebin and Rita Ivy Epstein, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel) for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

A fine of $2,300.00 was imposed upon Porter D. Campbell in a proceeding to recover penalties for numerous violations of the Building Code of the City of Chicago.

The City's statement of claim named as defendants, "Porter D. Campbell c/o Mrs. Josephine Godfrey, & Porter D. & Aurelia Campbell, 3356 S. Calumet." It consisted of 14 counts and asked for the maximum penalty of $2,300.00. Campbell entered...

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