Dempster v. People ex rel. Raymond

The West Chicago Park Commissioners levied a special assessment upon the lands of appellants to pay for an improvement of West Twelfth street and Ogden avenue boulevard. The circuit court of Cook county confirmed the assessment and appellants brought the case to this court by appeal. The judgment was reversed and the cause remanded, and the case is reported as Thorn v. West Chicago Park Comrs. 130 Ill. 594. The case was re-docketed in the circuit court and the petition dismissed. In the meantime the improvement had been completed and the park commissioners commenced a new proceeding in the…