Scammon v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. Hon. John M. Wilson, Chief Justice, presiding. This was an appeal from a judgment upon a special assessment made for curbing, grading, and paving with wooden block pavement, Wabash avenue, from the south line of Randolph street to the north line of Twenty-second street, in the city of Chicago.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was a proceeding to condemn certain lots in the city of Chicago for failure to pay a special assessment levied upon, them for the purpose of paving a portion of Wabash avenue.. This appeal is prosecuted from the judgment rendered against the lots in the court below.
In summary proceedings of this character whereby titles are divested, the law, under which they are instituted, must be strictly followed as to all its substantial requirements. This is especially true in regard to notice, which stands in the place of process. Section 13, chapter 7, of the charter of Chicago as amended in…
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