Legal Opinion

Gage v. People ex rel. Hanberg

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1904PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Writ oe Error to the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. On July 11, 1904, the county collector of Cook county applied to the county court of that county for judgment for the delinquent fourth installment of a special assessment levied against certain lots in the city of Chicago belonging to Henry H. Gage.

Read the full summary

Writ oe Error to the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. On July 11, 1904, the county collector of Cook county applied to the county court of that county for judgment for the delinquent fourth installment of a special assessment levied against certain lots in the city of Chicago belonging to Henry H. Gage. On July 13, 1904, Gage filed a written special appearance, questioning the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the application or to enter judgment or order of sale or to permit the sale of said lots, and objected to the consideration of the…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

This was an application for a judgment and order of sale for the payment of a delinquent fourth installment of a special assessment. At a former term of the same court, judgment and order 'of sale had been entered for the first three installments of the same special assessment. In this proceeding plaintiff in error sought to question the validity of the judgment for the earlier installments. That this is an independent proceeding, in which the court could not consider any question affecting the legality of the earlier judgment, is too plain to require argument or the citation of authorities.

Th…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McChesney v. People ex rel. KocherspergerIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Gage v. People ex rel. HanbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1903

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Gage v. People ex rel. HanbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API