Hamilton v. People ex rel. Raymond

To the application of the treasurer and ex officio collector of Cook county for judgment and order of sale against certain lands and lots of which the appellant’s testator died seized, for the delinquent first installment of a special assessment levied under an ordinance of the city of Chicago providing for the improvement of a portion of South avenue, the appellant presented as a defense that the contract entered into by and between the city of Chicago, acting through the board of local improvements, and the R. P. Conway Company, for the construction by said Conway company of the improvement…