City of Lewistown v. Braden

The city of Lewistown initiated a proceeding in the county court of Fulton County for the levy of a special assessment to pay the cost of repaving certain streets. Legal objections were overruled and a jury determined that the assessments against the properties of the objectors did not exceed the benefits and that their properties were not assessed more than their proportionate share of the cost of the improvement. These defendants, who were objectors below, appeal directly from the judgment of confirmation. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 24, par. 84 — 95.

Although the defendants do not challenge…