Otis v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court confirming a special assessment for the erection of lampposts and lamp-post connections. The assessment was based upon an ordinance passed by the city council, on December 9, 1891. Appellant filed certain objections to the confirmation of the assessment roll, one of which was that “the ordinance authorizing said improvement does not specify the nature, character, locality and description of the proposed improvement.” The overruling of this objection is assigned as error.

Section 1 of the ordinance, which is the only portion thereof…