Vandersyde v. People ex rel. Raymond

The appellant appeared in the county court and filed objections to the application of the county collector for judgment and an order of sale against appellant’s lands returned as delinquent for the non-payment of a special assessment levied to pay the cost of a sewer put in on West One Hundred and Eleventh place,—apparently a public street in Chicago. The objections were that his land was an undivided tract,—that is, block 1, except a strip on the south side thereof 8.96 feet in width, which strip belonged to another person, and that it would be unjust to collect the assessment against his…