City of Ottawa v. Spencer
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the County Court of La Salle county; the Hon. P. K. Leland, Judge, presiding. This case arose upon an application to the County Court of La Salle county by the city of Ottawa for a judgment against certain lots in said city belonging to Jane Spencer, Eliza Spencer, John McCarty and John Pursley.
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Writ of Error to the County Court of La Salle county; the Hon. P. K. Leland, Judge, presiding. This case arose upon an application to the County Court of La Salle county by the city of Ottawa for a judgment against certain lots in said city belonging to Jane Spencer, Eliza Spencer, John McCarty and John Pursley. The city sought, by such proceedings, to recover the cost of certain sidewalks, which had been ordered by the council, but which these defendants did not build, and they were afterward built by the city. The application was based on the following proceedings: On the 22d day of August,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an application for a judgment against certain city lots, for the amount of expenses incurred in constructing sidewalks in front thereof and assessed thereon, under the charter of the city. The proceeding was under the tenth section of article eight of the city charter. It declares that “ all owners or occupants in front or upon whose premises the city council shall order and direct sidewalks or private drains communicating with any main drain to be constructed, repaired, relaid or cleansed, shall make, repair, relay, or cleanse such sidewalk or private drain at their own cost or…
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