City of Lake Forest v. Buckley

The city of Lake Forest applied to the county court of Lake county for the confirmation of an assessment roll spread for the cost of paving Sheridan road, one of the streets in the city of Lake Forest. The legal objections were overruled, a jury was waived, and a hearing was had before the court on the question of benefits on the objections of C. W. Buckley, appellee. Appellee owned two lots, 304 and 305-, abutting Sheridan road. The amount of assessment against these lots in the assessment roll was, for lot 304, $2335.90; for lot 305, $1640.10. The court found that lot 304 was benefited to…