Jacobs v. City of Chicago

This is a writ of error sued out to bring in review in this court a judgement confirming a special assessment levied for the purpose of defraying the cost of curbing, paving and grading St. Lawrence avenue, Champlain avenue, and other avenues and streets in the city of Chicago, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the city council of the said city on the fourth day of May, 1896. The ordinance provides for the curbing of said avenues and streets with a “grfinite concrete combined curb and gutter,” to “be laid in alternate blocks of six feet in length and six inches in thickness.” The dimensions…