Rogers v. City of Mendota
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal'from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edgar Eldbedge, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1915.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
Charles L. Bogers became Mayor of the City of Mendota on May 5,1913, and was still serving as such when this suit was begun. Up to March, 1913, there was in force in said city an ordinance which fixed the salary of the mayor at $75 per quarter. In March the city council passed an ordinance making the salary of the mayor $60 per year. The mayor vetoed it and an attempt was made to pass the ordinance over his veto. The new mayor would not accept the reduced salary and the city council claimed that the ordinance reducing the salary…
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