Gage v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county confirming a special assessment levied to pay for the improvement of Parmelee street, in Chicago.

It is contended, first, that the petition does not state a valid ordinance upon which to base an assessment. The petition, omitting the heading, was as follows : “Your petitioner, the city of Chicago, respectfully shows, that heretofore, to-wit, on the 7th day of November, A. D. 1894, the city council of said city did pass an ordinance providing that Parmelee street, from the east line of Western avenue to the west line of Hoyne…