Fishburn v. City of Chicago

This was a petition for judgment confirming a special assessment to defray the expense of improving Grlad3rs avenue, in the city of Chicago. Objections interposed by the appellants were overruled and judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of the petition. This is an appeal to bring the judgment into review in this court.

The ordinance provides that “the cementing material shall be a paving cement prepared from refined Trinidad asphaltum obtained from Pitch Lake, in the island of Trinidad,” and the objection is, that the effect of this provision is to prevent competition among those…