Murphy v. People ex rel. West Chicago Park Commissioners
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oE Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. At the July term, 1904, of the county court of Cook county, upon the application of the county collector of said county, judgment and order of sale was rendered for a delinquent special assessment against certain lands owned by plaintiffs in error in the town of West Chicago.
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Writ oE Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. At the July term, 1904, of the county court of Cook county, upon the application of the county collector of said county, judgment and order of sale was rendered for a delinquent special assessment against certain lands owned by plaintiffs in error in the town of West Chicago. An appeal yvas prosecuted by plaintiffs in error to this court, where the judgment of the county court was affirmed at the December term, 1904, and a rehearing denied at the February term, 1905. (Cummings & Co. v. People, 213…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Defendant in error has made a motion in this court to dismiss the writ of error on the ground that this court is without jurisdiction to determine this cause, coming, as it does, directly from the superior court.
The only issue raised by the pleadings was whether or not the certified copy of the order of affirmance, filed in the county court on April 19, 1905, was a copy of the order of this court affirming the judgment rendered at the July term, 1904, of the county court, against the lands of plaintiffs in error for the delinquent special assessment. It is admitted by the answer that the…
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