Hundley & Rees v. Commissioners of Lincoln Park
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding by the commissioners of Lincoln Park, to confirm a special assessment made by the supervisors and assessors of the towns of North Chicago and Lake View. The circuit court confirmed the same, from which judgment the appellants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
The general assembly of this State, on the 8th day of February, 1869, passed an act entitled “An act-to fix the boundaries of Lincoln Park, in the city of Chicago, and provide for its improvement.” By the last clause of the twenty-first section of this act, the board of commissioners were required to lay out a street not exceeding one hundred feet in width, etc., north from Fullerton avenue, etc. On the fourth of March, 1869, at the same session, this portion of the act of February 8th was repealed.
By an act approved April 19, 1869, the original act -was further amended bestowing upon the…
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