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HOUSING AUTHORITY, CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS v. MELVIN

No. 5-86-0095.

154 Ill. App.3d 999 (1987)

507 N.E.2d 1289

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DORIS MELVIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy J. Molland and Louis Wood, both of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., of East St. Louis, for appellant.

Marqua McGull-Billingsley, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, the Housing Authority of the city of East St. Louis, filed a complaint in forcible entry and detainer on March 15, 1985, against Doris Melvin seeking possession of apartment 40-A, Roosevelt Homes, a public housing development located in East St. Louis, and the sum of $425.25 in rent due as well as costs. The defendant counter-claimed, seeking $1,116 and the costs of the...

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