City of Chicago v. Nicholes

A judgment in this case confirming a special assessment against appellees’ property to curb and pave a street in Chicago was reversed in Nicholes v. City of Chicago, 184 Ill. 48, because of the refusal of the trial court to set aside the judgment, which was rendered by default after the death of appellees’ ancestor who was the owner of the property, and to let in appellees, his heirs, to defend. After the cause was remanded, and upon the trial, appellees gave in evidence, under their objections, the record of a former assessment proceeding and a judgment of confirmation against appellees’…