City of Kinmundy v. Mahan

Citations

• 72 Ill. 462

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal cobpobatton—execution can not be awarded. An execution can not be rightfully issued against a municipal corporation on a judgment for debt or damages, or costs, rendered against it.</p> <p>2. Same—gower to license traffic in liquor can not be delegated. Where the power to license the traffic in spirituous liquors is, hy the charter of a city, expressly conferred on the city council, this power can not be delegated to the mayor of the city by ordinance.</p> <p>8. Imprisonment—-for violation of city ordinance. In an action of debt for violation of a city ordinance, it being a civil suit, it is error to adjudge imprisonment against the defendant.</p>