Markley v. City of Chicago

This was a writ of error sued out to reverse the judgment entered by the county court of Cook county confirming a special assessment upon the property of the plaintiff in error and others, for the purpose of curbing, grading and paving Calumet avenue from Fifty-first to Fifty-fifth street, in the city of Chicago. Judgment was rendered against the plaintiff in error by default.

It appeared from a copy of the ordinance attached to the petition that the city council appointed J. S. Sheehan, George H. Waite and G. D. Purinton commissioners to estimate the cost of the proposed improvement. The…