City of Berwyn v. Berglund

The county court of Cook county sustained legal objections interposed by Carl Berglund and other property owners, appellees, to the petition of the city of Berwyn, appellant, for the confirmation of a special assessment levied for the cost of a sewer, and dismissed the petition. The case comes to this court on appeal from that judgment.

The objections presented to the county court which are relied upon as justifying the judgment are, first, that the city had not acquired and was not in possession of the land necessary for the proposed improvement; and second, that the power to construct an…