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CHASTEEN v. CITY OF DECATUR

Gen. No. 10,224.

21 Ill. App.2d 496 (1959)

158 N.E.2d 446

George Chasteen, d/b/a Public Car Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. City of Decatur, Illinois, Clarence A. Sablotny, Mayor and Commissioner of Public Affairs of the City of Decatur and Glenn W. Kerwin, Chief of Police of the City of Decatur, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Released for publication June 2, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferguson & Ferguson, of Decatur, for appellant.

Byron M. Merris, corporation counsel, of Decatur, Charles L. Huthmacher, city attorney, for appellees.

JUDGE CARROLL delivered the opinion of the court.

On January 16, 1941, the City of Decatur adopted a Municipal Code and in Chapter 70 thereof it prescribed certain rules, standards and regulations for the licensing and supervision of taxicabs and taxicab service. The portions of said chapter which are pertinent on this appeal are as follows:

Section 1 — "A taxicab is hereby defined to be a vehicle for hire by passengers not having any fixed route or...

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