Legal Opinion

City of Bloomington v. Reeves

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1898PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of McLean county; the Hon. Rolland A. Russell, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of McLean county denying an application for the confirmation of a special tax levied to pay the cost of paving and grading certain streets in the city of Bloomington. The proceeding was instituted under the act of June 14, 1897. (Laws of 1897, p. 102.) The appellees have entered a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground the statute does not authorize the city of Bloomington to appeal'.

The only provisions found in the above act, in case of special assessment or special tax, relating to appeals, are found first in the last clause of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. County of Adams v. City of QuincyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Wilbur v. City of SpringfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1888

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. City of Sedalia ex rel. Gilsonite Construction Co. v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
  2. L'Hote v. Village of MilfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. City of Sedalia ex rel. Gilsonite Construction Co. v. MontgomeryMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904
  4. Sumner v. Village of MilfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Sharum v. City of MuskogeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914

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