City of Morrison v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

The only question in this case is decided adversely to the appellee in Village of Norris v. Lyon, 251 Ill. 457, but the counsel for the appellee thinks that case was decided wrongly and should be overruled, and he convinced the county judge that he was right. We are not convinced, however, but are constrained to adhere to our conclusion.

The question is, can a city proceed, under sections 13 to 33 of the Local Improvement act, to ascertain the compensation to be made for private property taken or damaged for a local improvement to be paid for by general taxation? The city of Morrison passed an…