City of Kankakee v. Potter

This is an appeal, by the city of Kankakee, from an order of the county court of Kankakee county, sustaining objections by certain lot owners to a special assessment made by the city for the purpose of reconstructing one of its sewers. The only question to be determined is, whether the ordinance under which the assessment was made, sufficiently "describes the improvement proposed to be made. The,first section of the ordinance is the only one that has any bearing on the question, and is as follows ;

“Sec. 1. That the sewer extending through the alley in block number 24, original town of…