City of Carbondale v. Reith

The city of Carbondale filed in the county court of Jackson county a petition for the levy of a special assessment to pay the cost of the local improvement of streets and alleys of the Central Improvement District, so called. An assessment roll was returned, to which, among other objections, the following objection was made by the owners of property assessed: “The ordinance for the proposed improvement is unreasonable, unjust and oppressive and therefore void for the reason that there has heretofore been constructed on the several streets of this district a brick pavement which is now in good…