Village of Western Springs v. Hill

The village of Western Springs filed its petition in the county court of Cook county for the confirmation of a special tax to defray the cost of a cement sidewalk on certain streets of the village. The appellees objected to the confirmation of the tax; and the court sustained their objections and dismissed the petition. The present appeal is prosecuted from the order of the court, sustaining the objections and ordering the petition to be dismissed.

The objections filed by the appellees were more than twenty in number; but we do not deem it necessary to notice more than two of these objections,…