City of Chicago v. Burkhardt

Upon the hearing of objections filed by appellee, the county court of Cook county dismissed the petition of appellant for the confirmation of a special assessment against the property of appellee under an ordinance providing for the construction of a cement sidewalk fourteen feet wide on both sides of Sedgwick street from North avenue to Chicago avenue.

The ordinance provided that the cost of the sidewalk should be paid by special assessment, in accordance with the Local Improvement act of 1897 and the amendments thereto. Section 34 of that act as 'amended in 1901, so far as material in this…