Bransfield v. City of Chicago

JUDGE NIEMEYEB

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant appeals from a judgment ordering the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus directed to defendant, its officers and agents, commanding them to forthwith perform their respective legal duties with respect to the payment to the respective petitioners, holders of special assessment securities, of sums totaling $16,408.22 — charges of the County Clerk and County Collector theretofore deducted by the defendant from the amounts collected on delinquent special assessments by the sale of assessed properties to defendant.

The facts are not…