City of Park Ridge v. Wisner

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county confirming an assessment against the lands of appellants for the cost of constructing a combined sanitary and storm-relief sewer in the city of Park Ridge, and extending west of the city, in a public highway of the town of Maine, to the Desplaines river.

One objection overruled by the court was that the engineer’s estimate was insufficient because the item “six per cent for lawful expenses, $3625.50,” might include things not authorized by law, and should have been expressly limited to the cost of making, levying and…