Webster v. City of Chicago

At the March term of the Superior Court of Cook County, in the year 1871, the collector of the city of Chicago having filed his report of unpaid taxes due upon the general tax warrant for city taxes, and given the notice required by law, application was made on behalf of the city of Chicago for judgment against the delinquent real estate mentioned in the tax list.

The court below gave judgment in favor of the city, and this case was brought here by appeal. The principal question presented in this court is, whether, in view of the fourth section of article nine of the new constitution, judgment…