Cunningham v. City of Peoria

This is an appeal by certain property owners from the judgment of the county court of Peoria county, confirming a special tax levied in pursuance of an ordinance of the city of Peoria to pay the expense of paving Jefferson avenue, in that city, from the south-westerly line of Wayne street to the south-westerly line of Cornhill street. The ordinance under which the special tax was levied is as follows:

“Sec. 1. That North Jefferson avenue, in the city of Peoria, Illinois, between the south-westerly line of Wayne street and the south-westerly line of Cornhill street, in said city, be and the…