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PATERSON v. CITY OF GRANITE CITY

No. 79-255.

78 Ill. App.3d 821 (1979)

397 N.E.2d 237

WILLIAM J. PATERSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE CITY OF GRANITE CITY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin Slate, Jr., of Granite City, for appellant.

Talbert & Reeves, P.C., of Alton, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the city of Granite City from a judgment of the circuit court of Madison County entered in favor of plaintiff William Paterson, a retired fireman, directing the city to pay him certain amounts declared due under a municipal ordinance. The sole issue involved is the validity of a municipal ordinance enacted in 1964, prior to home-rule powers in Illinois, which purported...

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