City of Staunton v. Bond
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. Andrew J. Duggan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. ChiEE Justice Carter
delivered the opinion of the court:
This was a proceeding in the county court of Macoupin county under the Local Improvement act, praying that steps be taken to levy a special assessment to pay the cost of certain sidewalks under an ordinance theretofore passed by the city authorities. Certain legal objections filed by appellees as to said assessment were sustained by the county-court, and this appeal followed.
The court, in entering the order sustaining the objections, stated, among other things: “The court overrules all legal objections except those properly to be…
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