City of Chicago v. Megartney
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Merritt W. Pinckney, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitch
In July, 1893, the City Council of the city of Chicago passed an ordinance providing for the opening and widening of South Park avenue between Garfield boulevard and Fifty-sixth street by condemning the east thirty-seven feet of three lots owned by appellant and others. One section of the ordinance provides that “said improvement shall be made and the cost thereof paid for by special assessment to be levied upon the property benefited thereby to the amount that the same may be legally assessed therefor, and the remainder of such cost to be paid by general taxation, in accordance with Article…
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- Mecartney v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915