Weise v. City of Chicago

This was a proceeding in the county court of Cook county for the confirmation of a special assessment to defray the cost of improving a portion of Wentworth avenue, in the city of Chicago. Judgment of confirmation was asked and granted against lots Nos. 8, 9,12 and 13, in block 26, of canal trustees’ subdivision of the south-east fractional quarter of section 21, town 39, north, range 14, eást of the third principal meridian, “excepting the leasehold estate therein and improvements thereon.” The title to said lots was conveyed to the city of Chicago in trust for school purposes. A school…