McChesney v. People ex rel. Raymond

The city council of Chicago, on the 22d day of May, 1899, passed an ordinance for the construction of a brick sewer in Sixty-third street, from Ingleside avenue to Cottage Grove avenue, in said city, to be paid for by special assessment, and a judgment was duly entered by the county court of Cook county confirming a special assessment levied under the provisions of the ordinance for the purpose of paying the cost of the improvement. Afterwards, it being impossible to procure bids for the construction of the improvement for the amount of the special assessment levied under the ordinance, it…