Ayer v. Town of Lake

The writ of error in this case is prosecuted to reverse the judgment of the County Court of Cook county, confirming a second assessment levied under an ordinance of the Town of Lake, to pay the cost of laying a water pipe in Fifty-first street from Halsted street to Ashland avenue. The ordinance is based upon the provisions of section 48, article IX of the act for the incorporation of cities and villages, and sets forth that “ the whole of the first assessment for said improvement not having been collected, nor canceled, nor set aside by the order of any court, and the amount of said first…