Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Raymond v. Latham

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 24, 1903PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county, sustaining objections filed by appellees, and refusing judgment of sale at the July term, 1902, of said court in the matter of the application of Samuel B. Raymond, county treasurer and ex officio county collector of Cook county, for judgment against delinquent lands, and lots for special tax No. 04, levied and…

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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county, sustaining objections filed by appellees, and refusing judgment of sale at the July term, 1902, of said court in the matter of the application of Samuel B. Raymond, county treasurer and ex officio county collector of Cook county, for judgment against delinquent lands, and lots for special tax No. 04, levied and assessed by authority of the village of Wilmette for the construction of a concrete sidewalk in accordance with the provisions…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder

Many objections were filed by the appellees to the entry of judgment against their lands upon the trial in the court below. It is impossible, nor is it necessary, for us to notice all of these objections. It is sufficient to refer to two of them, which in our opinion were properly sustained by the trial court and justify its action in refusing judgment of sale against the property of the appellees.

First—The main objection made by the appellees, and which strikes at the validity of the ordinance, under which the improvement in question was to be constructed, is that the ordinance provided for…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. City of Springfield v. GreenIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Brown v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
  4. Davis v. City of LitchfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Payne v. Village of South SpringfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1896

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Hope v. City of AltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Bryan v. MenefeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  3. Meyer v. SeifertSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
  4. Robinson v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  5. McGarry v. Village of WilmetteIllinois Supreme Court · 1922

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