Cratty v. City of Chicago

The city of Chicago sought to pave Diversey avenue from Milwaukee avenue to Crawford avenue, in that city, by special assessment. The original judgment of confirmation was reversed and the cause was remanded by this court in Boyd v. City of Chicago, 187 Ill. 115. Thereafter, the pavement in the meantime having been constructed, the city of Chicago, by virtue of an ordinance passed in November, 1901, filed a petition in the county court of Cook county for the purpose of having a new assessment made to obtain the unpaid amount due on the cost of the improvement. A trial was had in that court…