Peck v. People ex rel. Kern

This was an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county, against certain delinquent lands of the appellants, for an unpaid assessment levied by the village of Glencoe for the construction of a sidewalk on one of the avenues of the village. It appears that a judgment confirming the assessment had been rendered by default, and the contention now is, that the judgment of confirmation is void for want of jurisdiction in the court rendering it. The only ground upon which the jurisdiction of the court is assailed is, that the affidavit of the mailing of notices to the owners of the…