Foss v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court of Chicago, rendered upon a special assessment warrant. The ordinance upon which the assessment was based, ordered that “ West Yan Burén street, from the West Dock line of the South Branch of the Chicago river to a point two hundred and seventy-five feet west thereof, and from a point three hundred and ten feet west of said dock line, to the east line of Canal street, be curbed with curb walls, filled, and paved with wooden blocks, excepting such portions of the above described work which have been already done in a suitable manner.”

The…