City of Rockford v. Mower
Illinois Supreme Court
. Writ of Error to the County Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. Louis M. Reckhow, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cooke
delivered the opini.on of the court:
The city of Rockford passed an ordinance for the making of a local improvement, consisting of a system of sewers in a portion of the city and an outlet sewer outside of the city, the terminus of which is Rock river. Thereafter, on June 7, 1912, the city filed its petition in the county court of Winnebago county, describing the private property which would be taken and damaged by the construction of the improvement, (including property of Calvin R. Mower, the plaintiff in error, located outside the city,) and praying that steps be taken to ascertain the just…
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