Gage v. City of Chicago

The city of Chicago filed its petition in the county court of Cook county for the confirmation of a special assessment for the construction of cement sidewalks six feet wide on both sides of Railroad avenue from the south and southerly curb of Seventy-third street to the north and northerly curb of Seventy-fifth street. Appellants filed objections, which were overruled and judgment of confirmation rendered. To reverse that judgment an appeal has been prosecuted to this court.

It is first insisted that the notices sent out under section 34 of the Local Improvement act were not sufficient,…