City of Mattoon v. Stump

This is an appeal by the city of Mattoon from a judgment of the city court of Mattoon sustaining objections by appellees, who are interested property owners, to the city’s application, filed in a special assessment proceeding, for approval of a certificate of completion for the widening and paving of a portion of Broadway Avenue. The record shows that the court’s denial of a certificate was based solely on a consideration of the pleadings and upon the apparent ground that it was without jurisdiction to hear the matter.

The assessment proceeding here involved was the subject of a prior appeal…