Legal Opinion

Delamater v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 1, 1895PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Writ of Error to the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Scales, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This is a writ of error to reverse a judgment of the county court of Cook county confirming a special assessment.

The ordinance under which the assessment was made provided for the paving of Kedzie avenue, from Palmer Place to North avenue, and it is first claimed that the ordinance is void because it does not sufficiently state the nature, character and description of the improvement, and that it does not appear that Kedzie avenue is in the city of Chicago. The point relied on here arose in Stanton v. City of Chicago, 154 Ill. 23, and the question was decided adversely to the position of…

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fagan v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Guild v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Stanton v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. City of Kankakee v. PotterIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  5. People ex rel. Carroll v. GaryIllinois Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Messina v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
  2. Kern County Union High School District v. McDonaldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
  3. City of Decatur v. BarteauIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Muff v. CameronMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
  5. People ex rel. McCornack v. McWethyIllinois Supreme Court · 1898

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