Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:
The issue in this case is whether the time for filing a notice of appeal is tolled until the parties receive actual notice of an order disposing of a post-trial motion. We hold that actual notice is not required, so long as the order appealed from was expressed publicly, in words and at the situs of the proceeding.
Defendant, the City of Granite City, filed with the fifth district of the appellate court a motion...
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