Walker v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the-Hon. Philip S. Post, Judge, presiding. This was an application in the county court of Cook county for the confirmation of a special assessment to* pay the cost of constructing a brick sewer, with manholes and catch-basins, in West Madison street from. South Forty-eighth avenue to South Fifty-second avenue, in the city of Chicago.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the-Hon. Philip S. Post, Judge, presiding. This was an application in the county court of Cook county for the confirmation of a special assessment to* pay the cost of constructing a brick sewer, with manholes and catch-basins, in West Madison street from. South Forty-eighth avenue to South Fifty-second avenue, in the city of Chicago. The appellants filed objections to the confirmation of said assessment as to their property, whiph were overruled and the assessment was. confirmed, and they have prosecuted this appeal. The boundaries and relative…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
First — It was contended that the improvement originated with the city council and not with the board of local improvements, and the appellants upon the bearing, to sustain such contention, sought to make proof that the city council, by resolution, ordered the board to prepare and present an ordinance for the improvement, and that in pursuance of said order proceedings for the improvement were set in motion by the board. No power is conferred upon the city council to direct, by resolution or otherwise, the board to originate an improvement, or to prepare and present to the city council for…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hawes v.City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Bickerdike v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Gage v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Mason v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- City of Springfield v. MathusIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Harlan v. Town of Bel AirCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940
- Northwestern University v. Village of WilmetteIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- City of Chicago v. WellsIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Gray v. W. A. Black Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1930
- Clark v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
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