Sanger v. City of Chicago

This was a proceeding by the city of Chicago for the confirmation of a special assessment for the improvement of Robey street, from the south curb line of Forty-seventh street to the north curb line of Fifty-second street, in that city.

The statute requires the ordinance to specify the nature, character, locality and description of the proposed improvement, in the ordinance itself or by reference to maps, etc. The ordinance in this case is specific except as to the distance between the south line of Forty-seventh street and the north line of Fifty-second street. Whilst Fifty-second street…