Goodrich v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. H. Hinebaugh, Judge, presiding. On June 8, 1896, the city council of the city of Chicago passed an ordinance for the paving of Warren avenue from Homan avenue to Fall street.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. H. Hinebaugh, Judge, presiding. On June 8, 1896, the city council of the city of Chicago passed an ordinance for the paving of Warren avenue from Homan avenue to Fall street. An assessment of the cost of the pavement was levied by the commissioners, and this assessment was confirmed, over the objection of the property owners, by the county court, but the judgment of confirmation was reversed and the cause remanded by this court upon writs of error in the cases of Holden v. City of Chicago, 172 Ill. 263, and Mills v. City of Chicago, 182…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
It is first insisted by appellants that the judgment of the county court sustaining the objections filed to the assessment, and the affirmance of that judgment by this court in the case of City of Chicago v. Holden, 196 Ill. 153, is. judicata of the last assessment, and the county court should have sustained those objections and dismissed the petition. We cannot agree with this contention. The judgment of the county court sustaining the first or original assessment was reversed by this court because the ordinance did not sufficiently describe the height of the curb to be constructed on each…
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