McChesney v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county overruling the objections of appellants and confirming a special assessment levied to pay for curbing, grading and paving Seventy-fourth street, in the city of Chicago.

On June 26, 1901, the board of local improvements passed a resolution originating the scheme for curbing the street with sandstone curbing, grading the street and paving it with blast-furnace slag, crushed limestone and crushed granite. At the public hearing on July 18, 1901, the board passed a resolution abandoning the improvement mentioned in the former…