City of Chicago v. MacChesney

This was an application in the county court of Cook county for the confirmation of a special assessment levied to pay for constructing a sewer in Coles avenue, in the city of Chicago, from Seventy-first to Seventy-third street. The appellees appeared and filed objections to confirmation as to their property, which were sustained and the proceedings as to the appellees’ lands were dismissed, and the city has prosecuted an appeal.

In support of the judgment of the county court the following contentions are urged by the appellees:

First—-That the power to construct said sewer is vested in the…