Village of Winnetka v. Handy

After the usual hearings before the board of local improvements an ordinance of the village of Winnetka was passed providing for a system of street improvements in fourteen streets of the village, to be paid for ’by a special assessment, and a petition was filed in the superior court of Cook county for the levy of such an assessment. Judgment of confirmation was entered for $190,400.20. The board of local improvements received bids for the construction of the improvement, and the lowest bid was $228,957. After the bids were received the board adopted a resolution reciting that bids had been…