{
  "id": 2684380,
  "name": "Alphonso Yates et al. v. The Village of Batavia",
  "name_abbreviation": "Yates v. Village of Batavia",
  "decision_date": "1875-09",
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  "first_page": "500",
  "last_page": "501",
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      "cite": "79 Ill. 500"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill.",
    "id": 8772,
    "name": "Illinois Supreme Court"
  },
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Alphonso Yates et al. v. The Village of Batavia."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Chief Justice Scott\ndelivered the opinion of the Court:\nSuits having been commenced against each of complainants for a violation of the provisions of a village ordinance, \u201cto provide against the evils resulting from the sale or giving away of intoxicating liquors,\u201d this bill was filed to enjoin the further prosecution of the suits, and to settle the legality of the ordinance.\nA court of chancery has no jurisdiction, of the subject of this litigation, nor is it in the power of the parties to waive the questions relating to the jurisdiction of the court, and compel it to try the cause. Whatever defense, if any, existed to the several actions against complainants, was complete in a court of law where they were pending, and the court very properly dismissed them to that forum.\nThe decree will be affirmed.\nDecree affirmed.",
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        "author": "Mr. Chief Justice Scott"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Messrs. Parks & McDole, and Mr. T. C. Moore, for the appellant.",
      "Mr. J. O. McClellan, and Mr. Charles Wheaton, for the appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Alphonso Yates et al. v. The Village of Batavia.\nInjunction\u2014waiter of question of jurisdiction. A court of chancery has no jurisdiction to enjoin the prosecution of a suit for the violation of a village ordinance, nor is it within the power of the parties to waive the question of jurisdiction, and compel it to try the cause.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Hikam H. Cody, Judge, presiding.\nMessrs. Parks & McDole, and Mr. T. C. Moore, for the appellant.\nMr. J. O. McClellan, and Mr. Charles Wheaton, for the appellee."
  },
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