Thompson v. City of Highland Park
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Lake county; the Hon. DeWitt L. Jones, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Lake county confirming a special assessment for the improvement of St. John’s avenue, in the city of Highland Park, from the southerly line of Laurel avenue to its intersection with the southerly line of Sheridan road. St. John’s avenue runs north and south. The ordinance provides for macadamizing two roadways, each eighteen feet in width, on each side of the center line of the avenue, the center of the easterly roadway to be twelve feet east of the center line of St. John’s avenue and the center of the westerly roadway to be twenty-six…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Murphy v. City of PeoriaIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
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- St. John v. City of East St. LouisIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
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