Walker v. People ex rel. Kochersperger
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. This is.an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county, entered September 30, 1896, against the property of the appellants, upon the application of the county treasurer for a judgment of sale of delinquent land and lots for the first installment of a special assessment levied and assessed by the authority of the village of Grossdale for the improvement of Burlington…
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. This is.an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county, entered September 30, 1896, against the property of the appellants, upon the application of the county treasurer for a judgment of sale of delinquent land and lots for the first installment of a special assessment levied and assessed by the authority of the village of Grossdale for the improvement of Burlington bouleyard. A judgment was entered, from which this appeal was prosecuted. The points relied upon to secure a reversal of this…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
delivered the .opinion of the court:
Appellants-were parties to the proceeding for a special assessment and had their day in court, and they are bound by the adjudication in the special assessment on the particular real estate, in the absence of fraud, where there is jurisdiction of the person and subject matter. It is not a defense to an application for judgment on a delinquent list to say that the ordinance was invalid be: cause it failed to state the nature, character, locality and description of the improvement, unless the failure to comply with the requirement of the statute in that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fisher v. People ex rel. KernIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
- Davis v. Board of Commr. of Lincoln CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Gross v. People ex rel. KocherspergerIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Gross v. Village of GrossdaleIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Chew v. People ex rel. RaymondIllinois Supreme Court · 1903