Law v. People ex rel. Miller
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin B. M. Wallace, Judge, presiding. This was an application, by Henry B. Miller, collector of Cook county, for judgment against certain real estate, for delinquent assessments thereon. The real estate of the appellant was described as follows: “S. \ ex.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin B. M. Wallace, Judge, presiding. This was an application, by Henry B. Miller, collector of Cook county, for judgment against certain real estate, for delinquent assessments thereon. The real estate of the appellant was described as follows: “S. \ ex. W. 12 rods of E. 40 rods of B. -J- of H. -J-, and B. 10 rods, S. 13 rods of E. 28 rods of B. i of B. W. i of sec. 23, etc., 74 acres, valuation $12,000.” The county court, notwithstanding objections filed, rendered judgment for the amount of the special assessment, from, whicli the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
This appeal is from a judgment on a special assessment for park purposes. Under the reasoning in The People ex rel. v. Brislin et al. post, p. 423, the assessment and judgment are valid, and we will not discuss the questions raised, further in this opinion.
The description of the property given is sufficiently accurate and definite for all the purposes of the assessment. According to the doctrine of Colcord v. Alexander, 67 Ill. 581, any description adopted in a deed by which the premises intended to be conveyed may be established and identified is sufficient, and a grant or devise will only…
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