Andrews v. People ex rel. Rumsey

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county, ordering the sale of the lands of appellant, as delinquent, for the amount of certain special assessments, for park purposes, in the town of West Chicago, and for State and county taxes. Judgment to that effect had been rendered by the county court, on application of the relator, as county treasurer, under a statute now repealed. The case was before the circuit court on appeal from the county court.

It is insisted that special assessment is illegal, on the ground that the cost of the parks and boulevards, for which it is…