Gurnee v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. John M. Wilson, Chief Justice, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in the court below upon a special assessment for ciu’bing, grading and paving, with wooden block pavement, Van Burén street, from the west line of Michigan avenue to the east side of State street, in the city of Chicago. All of the material facts in the case are fully set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It is first objected that the collector’s warrant was not signed by the city comptroller. By chapter nine, section seven of the city charter, the warrant is required to be signed by the mayor, comptroller and city clerk. We find their names to this warrant, but immediately preceding the name of Kimball, comptroller, is the word “ countersigned.” We are unable to appreciate this objection. Where lexicographers are consulted, we find that the word means to sign what has already been signed by a superior; to authenticate by an additional signature. If Kimball’s name had followed that of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Chicago v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
3Cited by4 opinions
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- McNair v. OstranderWashington Supreme Court · 1890
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