Legal Opinion

Parker v. Village of LaGrange

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 1898PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. T. Hodson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

This is an appeal from the judgment of the county court of Cook county, confirming a special assessment levied on property belonging to the appellants for the purpose of paving Spring, Waiola and Bell avenues, in the city of Chicago.

The objection the petition is defective because it does not contain a copy of the ordinance establishing the grade of the proposed improvement was properly overruled. The petition recited an ordinance providing for the improvement, and it required the streets should be paved to the established grade.

The grade referred to is established by another ordinance than…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Haley v. City of AltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Ogden v. Town of Lake ViewIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  3. City of Carlinville v. McClureIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  4. White v. City of AltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Craig v. People ex rel. GannawayIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Shannon v. Village of HinsdaleIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Kunst v. People ex rel. KocherspergerIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. People ex rel. Rice v. BurkeIllinois Supreme Court · 1903

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