Wisner v. People ex rel. Kern
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Prank Scales, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the judgment of sale rendered by the county court of Cook county, in favor of the county collector, upon the first and second delinquent installments of the assessment confirmed by the county court of Cook county on the 16th day of May, 1892, in a proceeding to assess the cost of constructing a main sewer, in accordance with the provisions of an ordinance of the city…
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Prank Scales, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the judgment of sale rendered by the county court of Cook county, in favor of the county collector, upon the first and second delinquent installments of the assessment confirmed by the county court of Cook county on the 16th day of May, 1892, in a proceeding to assess the cost of constructing a main sewer, in accordance with the provisions of an ordinance of the city of Chicago adopted by the city council on the 14th day of March, 1892. The petition to assess the cost of said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
It is insisted, first, that the county court had no jurisdiction in this case, because the ordinance did not definitely specify the improvement was within the city of Chicago. The ordinance is similar, in that respect, to that in the case of Stanton v. City of Chicago, 154 Ill. 23, and it must, on the authority of that case, be held sufficiently definite as showing the proposed work on streets was within the city of Chicago.
It is urged, secondly, that there was error in entering two or more final judgments in the case. On the authority of Browning v. City of Chicago, 155 Ill. 314, it must be…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pike v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Stanton v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Browning v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. HummerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1906
- People ex rel. Mannen v. GreenIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Fisher v. People ex rel. KernIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Hoglan v. GeddesWyoming Supreme Court · 1918