Beckett v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. H. Hinebaugh, Judge, presiding. This is a special assessment proceeding, in which judgment of confirmation was entered on May 3, 1905, from which the present appeal is prosecuted. The special assessment was for paving Ogden avenue from Warren avenue to West Twelfth street.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This case has been before this court three times, as may be seen by reference to Holden v. City of Chicago, 185 Ill. 526, City of Chicago v. Holden, 194 id. 213, and Holden v. City of Chicago, 212 id. 289. In the first case, which was brought here by writ of error, the judgment was reversed upon the ground that the ordinance failed to state the nature, character, locality and description of the improvement with sufficient certainty, as required in Lusk v. City of Chicago, 176 Ill. 207; that is to say, upon the ground that the flat stones, upon which the curb-stones of the roadway were to be…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- City of Sterling v. GaltIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Lusk v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Lusk v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Kuester v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Gray v. Town of CiceroIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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