St. John v. City of East St. Louis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. An order was made by the city council of East St. Louis, under the 22d section of the 8th article of the city charter, to macadamize Third street in said city, and that a special assessment be made upon the lots on said street deemed benefited by the improvement, for the entire expense of the same.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. An order was made by the city council of East St. Louis, under the 22d section of the 8th article of the city charter, to macadamize Third street in said city, and that a special assessment be made upon the lots on said street deemed benefited by the improvement, for the entire expense of the same. The appellant filed her objections to the assessment upon certain lots so claimed to be benefited. The city council overruled the objections, and ordered the assessment to be confirmed. An appeal was…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This record is brought here by appeal from the. Circuit Court of St. Clair county, to reverse a judgment of that court in favor of the City of East St. Louis, against Louisiana St. John, for the amount of a special assessment for macadamizing Third street, on which defendant was the owner of several lots.
It is admitted by the parties that the work was done by the city, under an ordinance numbered 26, and before the passage of the ordinance numbered 55.
Ordinance 26 was passed and approved May 8, 1866, the 2d section of which provides, in substance, as follows :
“All such grading, paving,…
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