Gates v. Town of East Eldorado

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CARTER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, the Town of East Eldorado, appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Saline County awarding plaintiff, Donald Gates, the sum of *1,333.33 in unpaid salary as township assessor for the calendar year 1974. Defendant urges that the trial court erred as a matter of law in awarding to plaintiff unpaid salary which accrued after his resignation from office.

At the outset we note that prior to the filing of briefs and the oral argument, plaintiff-appellee filed with this court a motion to strike the abstract and amended…