People Ex Rel. Drobnick v. City of Waukegan

This appeal presents the question of the constitutional validity of the provisions of section 84-56 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. 24, par. 84-56,) relating to the sale and assignment of special assessment judgment liens. The issue arose when Jerome P. Drobnick, the appellant, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the circuit court of Lake County to compel the collector of the city of Waukegan to accept a sum of money sufficient to pay certain delinquent installments of a special assessment on real estate owned by appellant and to enter upon the city…