City of Highwood v. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad

This is an appeal by the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company and its receiver, from a judgment confirming a special assessment for the paving of Waukegan avenue, in the city of Highwood, between the east corporate limits of the city and the north line of Washington avenue.

It is argued that the ordinance does not contain a sufficient description of the improvement because it does not determine the grade by reference to any definite datum. The ordinance provided that the finished grade of the center line of the pavement should be as follows: At the intersection of the center line of…