McChesney v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court, confirming a special assessment. The special assessment was for the construction of a cement sidewalk on both sides of Sixty-fifth street from Cottage Grove avenue to Drexel avenue in the city of Chicago. The appellant appealed and filed a number of objections, all of which were overruled, except that one objection was so far sustained as to result in a reduction of the assessment' from ninety-six cents to seventy-five cents per front foot. Exception was taken to the action of the court in overruling the objections.

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