City of Chicago v. Hirschl

This appeal is from the confirmation of a special assessment for the cost of water supply-pipes laid in certain streets. The appellant’s objections which are argued are, that the ordinance was unreasonable in requiring two mains to be placed in Crawford avenue, on which the objector’s property fronts, while only one main is laid in the other streets; that there is an unjust distribution of the cost between the public and the private property and an unjust discrimination between the parcels of private property, the objector’s property being assessed $950 while corresponding property upon…