People Ex Rel. Endicott v. Prather

This appeal was taken from a judgment of the county court of Vermilion county overruling objections of appellants and entering a judgment order for the sale of lands owned by them because of non-payment of the second installment of a drainage assessment. The principal question presented by this record is whether the appellee is estopped from collecting the second installment of a drainage district assessment by reason of a former decision of this court, (People v. Prather, 322 Ill. 280,) which sustained appellants’ objections to the payment of the first installment of the same assessment.

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