Vane v. City of Evanston

This is an appeal by Allen Yane and others/objectors, from a judgment of the county court of Cook county, confirming a special assessment made for the purpose of paving Eorest avenue,; in the city of Evanston, from the south line of Davis street to the north line of Greenleaf street.

It is first insisted that the ordinance providing for the improvement, and under which the assessment was made, does not sufficiently specify “the nature, character, locality and description.of the improvement.” The particular objection is, that it nowhere provides,for man-holes and catch-basins to convey from the…