Mecartney v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Branch “B” Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tut-hill, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On December 13, 1912, the plaintiff in error, Harry S. Mecartney, commenced an action of trespass on the case in the circuit court of Cook county against the defendant in error, the city of Chicago, to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the defendant in error in failing to levy and collect special assessments to pay the compensation awarded in a proceeding to acquire property for.use as a street, to him and other owners whose rights he had acquired, which property the defendant in error took possession of and devoted to the uses of a street on September 1, 1893, and of which it had…
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