Pearce v. Village of Hyde Park

This is an appeal from an order of the county court of Cook county, confirming a special assessment levied for the purpose of paying the cost of establishing a system of drainage, by means of sewers, well and pumping works, in a certain drainage district created by the ordinance under which the assessment was made.

Two grounds are urged for the reversal of the judgment of confirmation rendered by the county court. The principal point relied on is, that the ordinance upon which the proceedings were based, is invalid, because it does not sufficiently specify the nature, character, locality and…