Hills v. City of Chicago

At the March term, 1871, of the Superior Court of Cook county, the collector of the city of Chicago, upon his report of special assessments, for municipal purposes, remaining unpaid, upon a certain special assessment warrant, made application to that court pursuant to the 12th section of chapter 9 of the city charter, for judgment against the several lots and parcels of land described in said warrant, according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.

The appellant, as owner of a portion of the property described, appeared at the term stated, and, under the provisions of the…