Village of Lansing v. Homesteaders Life Ass'n

Mr. Chiee Justice Farthing

delivered the opinion of the court:

The county court of Cook county dismissed the petition of the village of Lansing, filed April 30, 1937, to vacate that court’s judgment of November 4, 1929, approving a certificate of final cost and completion filed by the board of local improvements of the village. The village has appealed directly to this court in accordance with the statute.

Prior to August' 22, 1929, the then village board of Lansing passed an ordinance for the construction of a sewer system to be paid for by special assessment, and filed a petition to have an…