Lawrence v. People ex rel. Foote
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Lake county; the Hon. D. L. Jones, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Lake county for the sale of certain lots of appellants for the third installment of a special assessment, levied by the city of Lake Forest for a connecting system of sewers in Forest park, Lake avenue, Wisconsin avenue and adjacent streets in the city of Lake Forest.
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Appeal from the County Court of Lake county; the Hon. D. L. Jones, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Lake county for the sale of certain lots of appellants for the third installment of a special assessment, levied by the city of Lake Forest for a connecting system of sewers in Forest park, Lake avenue, Wisconsin avenue and adjacent streets in the city of Lake Forest. A petition was filed by the city of Lake Forest for confirmation of the assessment, in which confirmation proceeding the appellants did not appear. A judgment of confirmation was rendered…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First — The first objection made by the appellants to the judgment of sale is, that the city of Lake Forest h ad no authority on July 6, 1896, the time of the passage and approval of the special assessment ordinance, to divide a special assessment into installments. Appellants contend, that section 8 of the ordinance of July, 1896, upon which the special assessment is based, so far as it provides for payment by installments, is illegal and void. It is claimed, that the Installment act, in force at the time of the passage of the ordinance, was the act of 1887 as amended by the further acts of…
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