Chew v. People ex rel. Raymond

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county for the sale of certain lots located in the city of Chicago, in satisfaction of a special assessment levied thereon for the purpose of constructing a plank sidewalk on both sides of Harvard avenue from West One Hundred and Thirteenth street to West One Hundred and Eighteenth street, in said city. The appellants appeared and filed objections, which were overruled.

It is contended, first, that there is a variance between the estimate of the engineer and the ordinance, which renders it uncertain whether the sidewalk was to be…