Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. City of Quincy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Adams county; the Hon. B. F. Serbian, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
On June 19, 1889, the city council of the City of Quincy adopted an ordinance for the paving of Front Street between Broadway and Hampshire Streets, providing therein that the cost should be paid by special taxation upon the real estate contiguous to the improvement. The commissioners named in the ordinance made an estimate of the cost; their report of such estimate was approved by the city council; an order .was entered by the council directing the city attorney to file a petition in the county court for the assessment of the'cost of the improvement in accordance with Article IX of the “Act…
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- Dunham v. Village of Hyde ParkIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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