Village of Hammond v. Leavitt
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Comity Court of Piatt county; the Hon. F. M. Shoukwiler, Judge, presiding. This is a petition, filed in the county court by the appellant, the village of Hammond, on July 19,1898, for the levying of a special assessment to pay for the construction of a drain in the village, which had been provided for by an ordinance, adopted by the president and board of trustees for the village on July 12, 1898. Annexed to the petition, and forming a part of it, were a…
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Appeal from the Comity Court of Piatt county; the Hon. F. M. Shoukwiler, Judge, presiding. This is a petition, filed in the county court by the appellant, the village of Hammond, on July 19,1898, for the levying of a special assessment to pay for the construction of a drain in the village, which had been provided for by an ordinance, adopted by the president and board of trustees for the village on July 12, 1898. Annexed to the petition, and forming a part of it, were a certified copy of the said ordinance, attested by the village clerk under the corporate seal; a copy of the recommendation…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Among the objections, filed by the appellees in the court below to the confirmation of the special assessment, were objections to the effect, that no petition, asking for the construction of the proposed improvement, was ever presented to the board of local improvements of the village of Hammond; and that no legal ordinance was passed by the village, authorizing the construction of the proposed improvement. In line with these objections, was the third reason, assigned by the appellees in support of their motion to dismiss the petition and the assessment proceedings. The third reason, thus…
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