Pells v. People ex rel. Holmgrain
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Ford county; the Hon. Alexander MgElroy, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Ford county entered on June 2, 1894, upon the application of the county collector, against delinquent lands in that county for the amount of unpaid taxes, etc., due thereon for the year 1893, and ordering sale of same, including certain lots of appellants, as to which objections were filed and overruled.
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Appeal from the County Court of Ford county; the Hon. Alexander MgElroy, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Ford county entered on June 2, 1894, upon the application of the county collector, against delinquent lands in that county for the amount of unpaid taxes, etc., due thereon for the year 1893, and ordering sale of same, including certain lots of appellants, as to which objections were filed and overruled. Upon the hearing of the objections, the appellants, Pells and Bogardus, introduced in evidence the proceedings in the county court leading up to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
In this case, it appears, from the proceedings introduced in evidence, that the ordinance of March 13, 1893, provided for the paving of a part of Market street in the city of Paxton to a width of sixty-one feet. The committee appointed by the ordinance to estimate the cost of the improvement estimated the cost of constructing a pavement sixty-one feet wide. The' assessment, which was confirmed by the county court on June 19, 1893, was an assessment for the cost of a pavement sixty-one feet wide upon the lots of the abutting property owners according to frontage. Subsequently, on September 16,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- City of Carlyle v. County of ClintonIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Murphy v. People ex rel. WeiennettIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Clark v. People ex rel. KernIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- City of Bloomington v. BlodgettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887
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- People ex rel. Raymond v. WhiddenIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Church v. People ex rel. KocherspergerIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- City of Paxton v. BogardusIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- City of Lincoln v. HartsIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- City of Paxton v. BogardusIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
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