City of Chicago v. Municipal Engineering & Contracting Co.

The city of Chicago applied to the county court of Cook county for the confirmation of an assessment of the cost of laying a water supply-pipe, with eight fire hydrants, in Eighty-third place, from South Hamlin avenue east to South Kedzie avenue. The appellants, who are the owners of seventy-nine vacant lots abutting on Eighty-third place, which were assessed, objected, and have appealed from the judgment overruling their objections and confirming the assessment.

One of the objections urged is that the ordinance does not fix the location of the fire hydrants. The ordinance provides that the…