City of Peoria v. Peoria City Lines, Inc.

This is a direct appeal by defendant Peoria City Lines, Inc., from a summary judgment entered by the circuit court of Peoria County requiring defendant to pay $98,103.97 to the city of Peoria under a franchise ordinance. The cause presents essentially the issues of whether the doctrines of res judicata or estoppel by verdict bar consideration of the validity of the franchise ordinance as an exercise of the city’s regulatory power, and the propriety of imposing interest for failure to pay the sums specified in the ordinance.

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