Hyman v. City of Chicago

The county court of Cook county confirmed a special assessment levied upon property of appellant on West Monroe street, in the city of Chicago, to pay the cost of building a stone sidewalk on both sides of said street from South Halsted street to Canal street.

In the county court appellant objected that the ordinance was void, and he now presents several reasons in support of that objection. The first is, that the ordinance provides for the construction of intersections and the payment of the cost thereof by special assessment upon the property benefited. The parts of the sidewalk which' are…