Thomas Biggins' Estate v. People ex rel. Tetherington

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Madison county against a tract of land situated in the city of Alton, belonging to the appellants, for a special tax levied thereon for the purpose of building a sidewalk.

It is first contended that said special tax is invalid because the grade of said sidewalk is not established by the ordinance providing for the construction thereof. The ordinance providing for the construction of the sidewalk in question was passed under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to provide additional means for the construction of sidewalks in cities,…