Chicago & Alton Railroad v. City of Joliet
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the County Court of Will county; the Hon. Benjamin Olin, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This is a proceeding by the City of Joliet in the county court of Will County, instituted by direction of the city council under an ordinance providing for the making of a local improvement in Cass Street in said city from Scott Street to Collins Street by constructing therein a triple sewer, and also providing for paying the cost and expense of said improvement by special taxation, and for the levying of the special tax upon the lots and lands contiguous to, abutting and touching upon the part of Cass Street along the line of the improvement, in proportion to the frontage of said lots and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. DecaturSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- City of Springfield v. GreenIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- City of Chicago v. LarnedIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
- White v. People ex rel. City of BloomingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Davis v. City of LitchfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
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- Payne v. Village of South SpringfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
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