Legal Opinion

Hewetson v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 1898PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Writ of Error to the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

This is a writ of error sued out to reverse the judgment of the county court of Cook county confirming special assessments against property of the plaintiffs in error, levied for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving Ogden avenue, from Warren avenue to Twelfth street, in the city of Chicago.

Judgment of confirmation was entered by default on September 23, 1896, and the errors assigned question the jurisdiction of the court over the persons of the plaintiffs in error (it being alleged legal notice was not given to them) and also the validity of the ordinance. It appears, however, from…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kelly v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Kelsey v. LambIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
  3. People v. HawesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. La Floridienne J. Buttgenbach & Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
  2. Midwest Refining Co. v. GeorgeWyoming Supreme Court · 1929
  3. Anderson v. PattyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
  4. Harrison v. OsbornSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  5. People ex rel. Thompson v. NoonanIllinois Supreme Court · 1909

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