City of Peoria v. Peoria Railway Co.

An ordinance was passed for widening the south end of Knoxville avenue, in the city of Peoria, from thirty-three feet to sixty-six feet for a distance of about eight hundred feet, for condemnation of the necessarv land and for putting the surface of the avenue in condition for public travel. The ordinance provided that the improvement, the compensation for private property and the whole cost thereof, excluding the estimate of the engineer, amounting to $1600, should be paid for by special assessment. The petition for the improvement was 'filed in the county court and an assessment roll was…