Legal Opinion

Hughes v. City of Momence

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1896PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. John Small, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips

This is an appeal from an order confirming a special assessment. After the adoption of the ordinance under which a special assessment was made for laying mains, etc., as affirmed in Hughes v. City of Momence, 163 Ill. 535, another ordinance was passed by the city council on the same day the former ordinance was adopted, the first and second sections of which are as follows:

“Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of Momence, That so much of the local improvements in a certain ordinance contemplated, this day passed, of the following title, ‘An ordinance providing for the construction of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Village of Morgan Park v. WiswallIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Hughes v. City of MomenceIllinois Supreme Court · 1896

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pomroy v. Board of Public Water WorksSupreme Court of Colorado · 1913
  2. Futscher v. City of RuloNebraska Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Village of Grand Ridge v. HayesIllinois Supreme Court · 1915

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