Legal Opinion

Fisher v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1904PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

The county court of Cook county confirmed a special assessment against property of appellants, levied to defray the cost of constructing a sewage pumping station, including buildings, machinery and appurtenances, and an extensive sjrstem of main sewers connected therewith, to be laid in the streets of a part of the city of Chicago, and from the judgment of confirmation this appeal was taken.

The errors assigned which are relied upon in this court are, in effect,—first, that the estimate of the engineer submitted by the board of local improvements with the ordinance is not sufficiently…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Way v. WayIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Pike v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Kelly v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  4. East St. Louis Electric Railway Co. v. StoutIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Hughes v. City of MomenceIllinois Supreme Court · 1896

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Becklenberg v. BecklenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Northwestern University v. Village of WilmetteIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Loeffler v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Robertson Lumber Co. v. City of Grand ForksNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1914
  5. City of Elmhurst v. RohmeyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1921

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