Hinkle v. City of Mattoon
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Comity Court of Coles county; the Hon. L. 0. Henley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
A special assessment upon the lots and property of plaintiffs in error for the grading, curbing and paving with brick of West First street, in the city of Mattoon, was confirmed by the county court, and the cause has been brought here by writ of error.
The judgment of the county court is questioned on the ground that the ordinance for the improvement does not specify the nature, character and description of such improvement. It is not claimed that the locality of the improvement is not sufficiently set forth, and in other respects the ordinance is a duplicate of the one considered in Moore v.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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