Brown v. City of Joliet
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an appeal from County Court of Will County to the Circuit Court, showing appeal to be from a judgment rendered on a special assessment of taxes on real estate of appellant by the city of Joliet, for improvement on Jefferson street.
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This was an appeal from County Court of Will County to the Circuit Court, showing appeal to be from a judgment rendered on a special assessment of taxes on real estate of appellant by the city of Joliet, for improvement on Jefferson street. Philip Filer, as city collector of the city of Joliet, filed with the clerk of Will County Court, a list of real estate, upon which he alleges he has been unable to collect special taxes due thereon, with his petition for a judgment, and order of sale. The city collector applied for judgment in Will County Court, against real estate on which special taxes…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
It is urged that this is a special proceeding-authorized only by statute, and by its provisions no authority is conferred upon the court to render a general judgment with award of execution against the goods and chattels, of defendant. The second section of the act approved March 1, 1854, (Scates’ Comp. 202), authorizing the levy and collection of special assessments for improving streets, etc., in cities and towns, provides, that in case such assessments are not paid within the time fixed by the order, resolution, or ordinance making the assessment, the corporate authorities of the town or…
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