City of Chicago v. Ward
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Chicago This was an application to the Superior Court of Chicago, by the city collector, for a judgment, against lots and real estate, which had been assessed for the purpose of extending Fourteenth street to Indiana avenue.
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Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Chicago This was an application to the Superior Court of Chicago, by the city collector, for a judgment, against lots and real estate, which had been assessed for the purpose of extending Fourteenth street to Indiana avenue. The report and application for judgment of the city collector was filed in the Superior Court of Chicago, February 6th, 1865. It sets forth that special warrant Ho. 415 South, was delivered to him for collection, on the 29th day of October, 1864; that upon the receipt of said warrant, he forthwith gave due notice, by publication,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an application for a judgment on an assessment roll against real estate in the city of Chicago. The assessment was made to extend Fourteenth street, from State street to Indiana avenue. It is urged that the assessment was void, for the want of proper notice to the owners of real estate upon which it was levied. It is provided by the 36th section, chapter 7, of the city charter, (Private Laws, 1863, p. 93,) that if, from any cause, the city shall fail to collect the assessment which may have been levied, either in whole or in part, and where the same has not been canceled by order of…
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