Murphy v. City of Chicago

This is a writ of error to the county court of Cook county to reverse its judgment affirming a special assessment against the property of the plaintiff in error by the city for laying a water supply-pipe on South Chicago avenue, from Eighty-seventh street to Manistee avenue, in said city.

By section 4 of the ordinance, which was passed July 23,1896, H. J. Jones, J. S. Sheahan and F. O. Kelsey were appointed commissioners to make an estimate of the cost of the improvement. The report of the cost was made on July 27,1896, but was signed by only one of said commissioners, H. J. Jones, the other…