Legal Opinion

Davis v. City of Litchfield

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 2, 1895PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Montgomery county; the Hon. George E. Cooper, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Montgomery county, confirming a special tax levied under an ordinance of the city of Litchfield, No. 656, to pay the cost of paving State street, in that city.

On the 14th day of May, 1892, the city of Litchfield passed an ordinance, No. 622, providing for the grading, graveling, guttering, curbing and paving of State street, from the south line of Hayward street to the south line of Third street, and for the payment of the cost thereof, exclusive of street and alley crossings and intersections, by special taxation upon contiguous…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Davis v. City of LitchfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. City of Sterling v. GaltIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Murphy v. City of PeoriaIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  4. City of Carlyle v. County of ClintonIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  5. City of East St. Louis v. AlbrechtIllinois Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. West Chicago Park Commissioners v. FarberIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Village of ElmhurstIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Galt v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Pells v. City of PaxtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Village of Grant Park v. TrahAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904

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