Village of Westchester v. Holmes

May 9, 1944, the village of Westchester passed three ordinances, and on May 11, 1944, filed three petitions in the county court of Cook county to extend and refund certain special assessments, the same being assessments Nos. 15, 23 and 38 of said village. This was not done voluntarily, but under compulsion by writ of mandamus issued by the circuit court of Cook county and affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District. (321 Ill. App. 644.) For convenience, the village of Westchester will be referred to as the “village,” the Chicago Title and Trust Company, as trustee for Loewenthal et…