City of Kankakee v. Illinois Central Railroad

The city council of the city of Kankakee passed an ordinance for the paving of a part of East avenue from the north line of Hickory street to the north line of River street and of a part of River street from the east line of East avenue to the west line of Washington avenue, and directed that the whole cost of the improvement should be paid by special taxation to be levied upon the property contiguous to and abutting thereon, in the proportion of the frontage of each lot, block, tract or parcel of land and property. A petition for the levy of the special tax in accordance with the ordinance…