Legal Opinion

City of Chicago v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1903PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from, the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. B. A. Bussell, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin

The city of Chicago sought to improve, by special assessment, California avenue, in said city, from Washington boulevard to a point 378.8 feet north of the north line of Fulton street, by curbing, grading, and-paving the same writh asphalt. The board of education of said city was the owner of ten lots abutting on the line of the improvement, and at the time of the application for a • confirmation of said special assessment against said lots, the board of education appeared in the county court of Cook county and objected to such confirmation, upon the ground that said property was in fact the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Trustees of the Illinois & Michigan Canal v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  2. People ex rel. Little v. Trustees of SchoolsIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. People ex rel. Davis v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Bloomington Cemetery Ass'n v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. City St. Improvement Co. v. Regents of Univ. of Cal.California Supreme Court · 1908
  2. People Ex Rel. Schlaeger v. JarmuthIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  3. School Town v. SomervilleIndiana Supreme Court · 1914
  4. City of Coral Gables v. Board of Public InstructionDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  5. People ex rel. Stubblefield v. Bloomington Cemetery Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1914

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