Spalding v. City of Granite City
Illinois Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hershey
This is a direct appeal from an order of the circuit court of Madison County entered in an action for declaratory judgment on March 30, 1953, wherein sections 60-12 through 60-18 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act were held to be constitutional. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. '24, pars. 60-12 to 60-18.
The plaintiff, a resident of the former city of Nameoki, now a part of Granite City, a property owner, taxpayer, and a prospective user of the sewer system, filed this complaint seeking a declaratory judgment to determine the constitutionality of these sections by which the city of Granite City…
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