Village of Winnetka v. Lyons

The question in this case is whether Fig street, in the village of Winnetka, includes within its boundaries the south 33 feet of lot 7, except the east 58 feet thereof, in block 10, in the county clerk’s division of the southwest quarter of section 17, township 42, north, range 13, east of the third principal meridian. The question arose in a proceeding brought by the village in the superior court of Cook county for the levying of a special assessment to pay for the cost of improving Fig street from Rosewood avenue to Hibbard road and condemning the south 33 feet of lot 5 in the same block…