Legal Opinion

City of Lincoln v. Harts

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1914PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Logan county; the Hon. Charles J. Gbhlbach, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

The city council of the city of Lincoln passed an ordinance for the re-paving, by special assessment, of Kickapoo street from Broadway to Galena street. After the completion of the paving a petition was presented to the county court under section 84 of the Local Improvement act, with the result that upon an appeal to this court th'e ordinance was held void and the confirmation of the assessment without jurisdiction. (City of Lincoln v. Harts, 250 Ill. 273.) Thereupon a supplemental ordinance, was passed by the city council, under the supposed authority of sections 57 and 58 of the Local…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Spencer v. MerchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Givins v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. City of Lincoln v. HartsIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  4. City of Lincoln v. HartsIllinois Supreme Court · 1912

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Dougherty v. City of Rock IslandIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  2. People ex rel. Fitzgerald v. StittIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Worley v. IdlemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  4. City of Harvard v. McCauleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1929
  5. City of Lincoln v. HartsIllinois Supreme Court · 1915

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