Andrews v. People ex rel. Kochersperger

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county for a sale of property owned by the appellants, for an installment of a delinquent special assessment.

It is insisted on behalf of appellants that the ordinance under which the assessment was levied does not authorize its collection by installments, and the only question discussed by counsel is, whether that ordinance is in compliance with section 55, article 9, of the City and Village act, as amended in 1891. (Laws of 1891, p. 82.)

The provision in this ordinance dividing the assessment into installments is as follows:

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