Illinois Supreme Court November 4, 1891 (Rhoads v. City of Metropolis)

Mr. Justice Bailey

delivered the opinion of the Court:

The city of Metropolis brought suit against Solomon J. Rhoads, before a police magistrate, for a violation of a city ordinance, such violation consisting, as is alleged, in erecting two fences across a certain public street of said city, thereby obstructing said street.