Job v. City of Alton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the City Court of the city of Alton; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Appellants, who are the owners of the lots specially taxed, filed their bill in the city court of Alton against the city of Alton, its mayor, city clerk and special collector, to enjoin the collection of a special tax levied by the city council to construct a sidewalk. On the final hearing the court dismissed the bill, but continued in force, pending this appeal, the temporary injunction which had been previously granted.
The case made by the pleadings and proofs is, briefly, this: On August 10, 1897, the council passed an ordinance entitled “An ordinance for the construction of a brick…
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