City of East St. Louis v. Wittich

This was a proceeding at a probate term of the county court of St. Clair county, to assess the cost of improvement of a certain street in the city of East St. Louis, under the provisions of the statute relating to “cities, villages and towns.” (Rev. Stat. 1874, chap. 24.) The petition was, on motion, dismissed for the want of jurisdiction in the court, and this ruling presents the only question that we deem it necessary to examine.

Section 31, article 9, of the statute referred to, provides that in such proceedings “the hearing shall be conducted as in other cases.at law,”—i. e., plainly, by…