Andrews v. People ex rel. Kochersperger

This is an appeal from a judgment and order of sale entered on August 2, 1897, by the county court of Cook county against the property of the appellant for the nonpayment of the delinquent installment of a special assessment, which was levied for the purpose of paying for a system of main sewers, extending over and embracing a number of streets in the city of Chicago, and involving the creation of a drainage district in connection therewith.

The ordinance, providing for the improvement, was passed by the common council of the city on March 14, 1892. The first section of the ordinance describes…