Cummings v. City of Chicago

This proceeding is a special assessment by the city of Chicago, made under article 9 of the “ Cities and Villages ” act, divided into installments pursuant to the act of April 29, 1887, providing for such division in payment of assessments. The assessment aggregated over $300,000 and no objection is made thereto, other, than its division into installments. The question presented is, whether section 55 of the act of April 29, 1887, entitled “An act to amend article 9 of an act entitled ‘An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages,’ approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1,…