People ex rel. Pearsall v. Sperry

Mr. Chile Justice Duncan

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by Ira E. Pearsall, county collector of Lake county, from a judgment of the county court of that county sustaining the objections of appellees, George W. Sperry and about 225 other property owners of Zion City, denying an order for sale against the real estate of appellees for default in the payment of a special assessment for paving a portion of Elijah avenue, in said city.

This appeal presents to this court two questions: (1) Whether or not the contract for the construction of the pavement is void on account of…