City of Chicago v. Hurford

On May 13, 1907, the city council of the city of Chicago passed an ordinance for a supplemental assessment to pay the deficiency in the cost, of construction of a system of main sevyers in Forty-fifth avenue, West Twelfth street, Forty-eighth avenue, Grand avenue and Fullerton avenue, in accordance with a previous ordinance passed in 1895. Appellees filed objections to the assessment roll, which were sustained, and the city has appealed.

Appellees’ principal contention was and is, that there was no deficiency to form a basis for the supplemental assessment. The original estimate of cost under…