Cosgrove v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Farrin Q. Barr, Judge, presiding. The plaintiffs in error filed their bill for relief against the city of Chicago and John R. Thompson, treasurer, which, as subsequently amended, alleged that the complainants were the owners of certain real estate fronting on Monroe avenue, in the city of Chicago, between Sixtieth and Sixty-seventh streets; that on January 5, 1903, the city presented to the county court its…
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Writ oe Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Farrin Q. Barr, Judge, presiding. The plaintiffs in error filed their bill for relief against the city of Chicago and John R. Thompson, treasurer, which, as subsequently amended, alleged that the complainants were the owners of certain real estate fronting on Monroe avenue, in the city of Chicago, between Sixtieth and Sixty-seventh streets; that on January 5, 1903, the city presented to the county court its petition for the levy of a special assessment for the improvement of Monroe-avenue between Sixtieth and Sixty-seventh streets…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The reasons urged by the plaintiffs in error for granting the relief prayed for are, that a contract had already been let for the improvement under the prior ordinance at a price several thousand dollars less than the second assessment; that the property owners were assessed to pay for the benefit of the properties owned by the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the Oakwood Cemetery Association, which were benefited but not assessed; that the improvement was put through by an alderman closely identified with the land department of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, who had bought the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lyman v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- People ex rel. Raymond v. FullerIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
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