City of Chicago v. Chicago City Railway Co.

Mr. Chiee Justice Stone

delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellant objected to a special assessment sought to be levied by the city of Chicago against its property for the cost of the paving and other improvements of certain streets on which such property was situated. The property affected by the proposed assessment consists of three lots lying on Forty-fourth street between Troy street and Kedzie avenue. These lots, it appears from the evidence, were purchased by appellant for the purpose, afterward carried out, of erecting a certain building known as a sub-station, to be used in…