Clark v. People ex rel. Kern

This was an application to the County Court of Cook county, by the county collector, for judgment against the land of the appellant, for a delinquent special assessment, levied for the purpose of paying the cost of laying drains in Belmont avenue, in the city of Chicago. The appellant appeared specially for the purpose of questioning the validity of the judgment of the County Court confirming the assessment, and interposed certain objections to the effect that the commissioners who made the assessment knew that the appellant was the owner of the premises in question, and knew his name and…