Legal Opinion

Burton v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1871Published

Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister

■ This was an application made at the March term, 1871, of the Superior Court, by the collector of Chicago, for judgment upon a special assessment warrant to make up what the city failed to collect of an original assessment for paving, etc., North Dearborn Street, in Chicago.

This case is distinguishable from that of Workman et al. v. City of Chicago and Union Building Association v. Same, 61 Ill. 463, 439. In both of those cases all of the steps in the original proceeding, ■ including the ordinánce, were illegal and void; in this case we discover no grounds for holding invalid the report of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Workman v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1871

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