Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. People ex rel. Kochersperger

This is an appeal from a judgment for the sale of certain lands returned as delinquent for the non-payment of a special assessment levied to put in a water-pipe or main in Aberdeen street, between West Forty-eighth and West Fiftieth streets, in Chicago, with valves, and connections with the fire hydrants. The assessment had been confirmed at a previous term by default, and appellant filed its objections to the application for judgment for the sale of its property, alleging that the levy was greatly in excess of the cost of the improvement. The county court heard the evidence upon this issue,…