City of Springfield v. Springfield Consolidated Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. John B. Weaver, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The city of Springfield filed a petition for the levy of a special assessment to pay for the construction of a local improvement. Objections were filed by the Springfield Consolidated Railway Company and other property owners, some of which were overruled and others were sustained, and the court made an order dismissing the petition, from which the city appealed.
The ordinance passed on December 15, 1919, described the proposed improvement as follows: “An ornamental electric street lighting system consisting of 352 cast-iron, single-light, round, fluted Corinthian column, with Corinthian…
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