People ex rel. Carmody v. Cherry

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Macoupin county, entered on application of the county collector, for the sale of certain lots for failure to . pay a special sidewalk tax.

The city council of the city of Girard, in said county, passed an ordinance in August, 1911, for building a cement sidewalk in front of the property here in question. Section 3 of the ordinance provided that the owners could relieve their property from the special tax provided to be levied for construction of the sidewalk, by constructing the same “within the space of thirty days after the mailing of…