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HAMMERS v. BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COM'RS

Gen. No. 10,060.

10 Ill. App.2d 218 (1956)

134 N.E.2d 647

Paul Hammers, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of City of Mattoon, Illinois, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied June 11, 1956.

Released for publication June 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Green, of Mattoon, for plaintiff-appellant.

Craig & Craig, and R.G. Real, City Attorney, all of Mattoon, for defendant-appellee; J.E. Horsley, of Mattoon, of counsel.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HIBBS delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, appellant here, instituted this action in the Circuit Court of Coles county to reverse an administrative decision of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of Mattoon entered July 21, 1954, which discharged the plaintiff as a policeman. The Circuit Court affirmed the action of the administrative board.

On or about February 1, 1952 Larkin Jones, then the Chief of Police...

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