People Ex Rel. Stockert v. Howell

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Tazewell county overruling objections to a special tax levied against a lot of appellant in the village of Green Valley for the construction of a concrete sidewalk and ordering the lot sold to recover the amount of said tax.

The sidewalk in question was constructed under special ordinance No. 31, and general sidewalk ordinance No. 30 passed by the village board at the same time, pursuant to the provisions of the Sidewalk act of April 15, 1875. (Smith’s Stat. 1927, p. 435.) The principal objections urged are (1) a failure to comply with…