Burton v. City of Chicago

This was an application for a judgment on' a special assessment in the city of Chicago. The charter provides that notice of filing the assessment roll in the clerk’s office shall be given by six days’ publication in a newspaper, and that a confirmation of such assessment will be applied for at the next regu- . lar meeting of the common council after the expiration of such publication. It is further provided, that objections to such assessment may be heard, but all objections shall be filed in writing in the office of the city clerk at least one day prior to the meeting of the council. In this…