People ex rel. Miller v. Sherman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin M. R. Wallace, Judge, presiding. This was an application by Henry B. Miller, collector of Cook county, for judgment.against certain lots and real éstate in the village of Hyde Park, for the first ten installments upon a special assessment to lay cast-iron water supply pipes in said village. The county court refused judgment on the ground that the ordinance under which the assessment was made, was void.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Scott
delivered the opinion of the Court:
Express authority is given in the constitution to the General Assembly to invest the corporate authorities of cities, towns and villages with power to make local improvements by special assessments, or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise.
A general law has been enacted conferring the powers indicated upon the corporate authorities of cities, towns and villages, to be exercised as shall, by ordinance, be prescribed. Among other provisions, it is declared, in a general law on this subject, “the expenses of locating,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Weckler v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
3Cited by16 opinions
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- Village of Hyde Park v. BordenIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
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- Village of Morgan Park v. WiswallIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
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