Town of Cicero v. Green

A special assessment to pay for laying water supply-pipes in certain streets within the town of Cicero was confirmed by the county court of Cook county in 1893. A contract for the improvement was let and it was completed and warrants for the amount due the contractor were issued to him. The assessment was payable in five annual installments, the last of which became due in 1898, and all were collected. On May 22, 1900, the petition in this case was filed by appellant in said county court for the levy of a supplemental assessment, on the ground that the former assessment was insufficient to…