Mason v. City of Chicago

delivered, the opinion of the court:

The county court of Cook county confirmed a special assessment, collectible in five annual installments, levied by the city of Chicago upon the property of the plaintiffs in error for the purpose of paying for a system of main sewers in South Forty-fifth avenue and other streets in said city. This writ of error seeks to review that judgment.

The ordinance for the improvement was passed by the city council March 25, 1895. The first section describes the location of the sewers, with their dimensions, manner of construction, grades, catch-basins, man-holes and…