Griffin v. City of Belleville

This was an application originally made in the County Court of St. Clair county, by the "city of Belleville, for judgment against certain town lots of the appellant, under a special assessment for a sewer. The judgment was rendered and the owner appealed to the circuit court. The appellee in that court moved that the appeal be dismissed, assigning, among other grounds, that no appeal would lie under the city charter, from an order of this character, and if an appeal would lie, that the bond in this case was insufficient. The court held the bond insufficient, and refusing a cross-motion for…