McChesney v. City of Chicago

The city of Chicago filed its petition in the county court of Cook county for the confirmation of a special assessment to cover the cost of a water supply-pipe in Coles avenue. The objections of appellants were overruled and judgment of confirmation entered. Upon appeal to this court that judgment was reversed (213 Ill. 592,) and the cause remanded. Upon a subsequent hearing in the county court the objections were again overruled and judgment entered accordingly, to reverse which this second appeal has been prosecuted.

The assessment was payable in one payment and the ordinance provided that…