Legal Opinion

McChesney v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1907Published

Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. L. Pond, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers

This appeal is from a judgment of the county court of Cook county confirming a special assessment for curbing, grading and paving Sixty-first street, in the city of Chicago1.

Appellant, McChesney, filed the following objections: (1) That the ordinance is incomplete, informal and otherwise invalid; (2) that said ordinance does not specify the nature, character, locality and description of the proposed improvement; (3) that the estimate of the cost of said improvement is void; (4) that no sufficient itemized estimate of the cost of said improvement was made by the engineer prior to the passage…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Citizens' Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Smith v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Howe v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Gage v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

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