Legal Opinion

Mix v. Ross

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1870PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Aurora; the Hon. Richard G. Montony, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was a bill for an injunction, to restrain the'city collector of Aurora from proceeding to sell a span of horses of the appellant, which said collector had seized and taken under and by virtue of a warrant issued to him for the collection of a "special assessment of $119, which had been made upon a lot of the appellant, in said city, as and for the special benefit which would be conferred upon said lot by the construction of a sidewalk in front of it. The court below, on motion, dissolved the injunction and dismissed the bill, and assessed damages on account of the injunction.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Trustees of the Illinois & Michigan Canal v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  2. Higgins v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1857

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Illinois Central Railroad v. City of DecaturIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  2. People ex rel. Wysong v. HoneywellIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Rutz v. KehnIllinois Supreme Court · 1892

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