Markham v. Heffner

Citations

• 67 Ill. 101

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law—abrogation of special lams increasing jurisdiction of justices of the peace, etc. The 21st section of art. 6 of the constitution of 1870 reduced the jurisdiction of all justices of the peace and police magistrates to the uniform jurisdiction conferred on such officers by the general laws of the State, and thus rendered their jurisdiction uniform, and abrogated the special jurisdiction conferred by local or special laws.</p>