Gage v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment of confirmation by the county court of Cook county in a special assessment proceeding instituted by the city of Chicago to defray the cost of constructing a cement sidewalk six feet in width, on both sides of South Ridgeway avenue, from Douglas boulevard to West Twenty-sixth street. Appellant filed objections to the confirmation of the assessment, but the same were overruled and judgment was entered on July 10, 1901, confirming the assessment.

The ordinance providing for the improvement was passed on July 9, 1900, by the city council of Chicago. On January 11,…