City of Chicago v. Cummings

This was an application for the confirmation of a special assessment sought to be levied under the provisions of the Local Improvement act for the purpose of constructing a sixteen-foot concrete sidewalk on each side of Ninety-second street between South Chicago avenue and Harbor avenue, in the city of Chicago. The appellant, who was the owner of one hundred feet of unimproved property on the line of the improvement, appeared and filed objections to confirmation, which objections were overruled and the assessment confirmed, and an appeal has been prosecuted to this court.

The sidewalk was to…