Clarke v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court, rendered on October 12,1899, confirming a special assessment levied for the purpose of curbing, grading, and paving Clybourn avenue from the north curb line of Division street to the north line of North avenue in the city of Chicago.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court, rendered on October 12,1899, confirming a special assessment levied for the purpose of curbing, grading, and paving Clybourn avenue from the north curb line of Division street to the north line of North avenue in the city of Chicago. On December 27, 1898, there was a regular meeting of the board of local improvements in the city of Chicago, at which a resolution was adopted for the making of the local improvement above referred to. The resolution thus…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The objections, filed by the appellants upon the trial below to the confirmation of the assessment, attacked the validity of the ordinance lying at the basis of the assessment, because of an alleged failure to comply with certain preliminary requirements of the statute.
It is contended on the part of the appellants that, before the passage of the ordinance under which the present assessment was levied, no estimate by the city engineer for the improvement was incorporated into the records of the board of local improvements, and no public hearing was held, at which the people could discuss the…
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