Legal Opinion

Givins v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 20, 1900PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. William T. Hodson, Judge, presiding."

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

This is an appeal from a judgment confirming a special assessment for grading, macadamizing and curbing a system of streets in Chicago. The streets were Long-wood avenue from Ninety-fifth street to One Hundred and Seventh street; Walden parkway from Ninety-seventh street to Ninety-ninth street; Ninety-ninth street from Longwood avenue to Wood street; and One Hundred and Third street from South Leavitt street to the right of way of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company.

A great number of objections were filed by appellants in the court below, and it is somewhat…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. County of Adams v. City of QuincyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Wetherell v. DevineIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Cornell v. People ex rel. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Woods v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. City of Lincoln v. HartsIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  2. People ex rel. Whittock v. WillisonIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  3. City of Carlyle v. NicolayIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  4. People ex rel. Bergan v. New York Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
  5. City of Harvard v. McCauleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1929

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