City of Chicago v. Wells

The county court of Cook county overruled the objections of the appellant to the special assessment against her property abutting on North Clark street for the purpose of laying water service-pipes in said street between Devon avenue and Howard street, which questioned the authority of the city to subdivide appellant’s property and assess it in strips of twenty-five feet each. Appellant excepted and waived a jury on the question of benefits, which question was submitted to the court for decision. The court overruled all objections' and entered judgment of confirmation, from which judgment…