Upton v. People ex rel. Murrie

The county treasurer of Lake county applied for judgment against several tracts of land described by an assessor’s plat of section 16, township 45, north, range 12, east, in that county, which were delinquent as to installments of three special assessments, severally levied by the city of Waukegan for water-works, paving and sewer. Appellant appeared and filed an objection that the lands were assessed by void descriptions. The 'objection was overruled and judgment was entered.

Property assessed for taxes must be described so as to be capable of identification by some lawful mode, such as a…