McChesney v. People ex rel. Kern

This was an application of the county collector of Cook county for judgment against delinquent lands for the collection of taxes and special assessments. The appellants appeared in the county court and filed objections in writing to the application, as follows: “They object to the entry of judgment herein against said lots, and each of them, because the judgment of confirmation upon which said warrant 17,143 was issued, was and is void, for want of jurisdiction in the court rendering the same.”

Upon looking into the record it appears that the city of Chicago passed an ordinance for the…