Treat v. People ex rel. Raymond
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. The present proceeding is an appeal from a judgment of sale, entered in the county court .against the property of appellants by reason of the alleged non-payment of a special assessment for improving Ridgeway avenue from Chicago avenue to Division street.
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Appeal from, the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. The present proceeding is an appeal from a judgment of sale, entered in the county court .against the property of appellants by reason of the alleged non-payment of a special assessment for improving Ridgeway avenue from Chicago avenue to Division street. The ordinance for the improvement was passed on June 12,1899. The petition for the improvement was filed by the city of Chicago in the county court on June 12, 1899. On December 30, 1900, an order of confirmation was entered as to the property of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—The first objection, made by the appellants to the entry of judgment against their lands, was that the county court had no jurisdiction to enter a judgment of sale, for the alleged reason that, subsequently to the confirmation of the assessment, and on October 17, 1898, the city of Chicago, in whose behalf the application for judgment of sale was'made, passed an ordinance, providing that the bids or proposals for making any public improvement should contain a clause, whereby the bidder should agree to hire only members of labor unions, if there were labor unions in the city of Chicago…
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