City of Chicago v. Chicago City Railway Co.

The city council of the city of Chicago passed an ordinance for the paving of Seventy-ninth street from Vincennes avenue to Stony Island avenue, in said city. On a hearing in the county court appellant objected to the assessment levied against it, and that court reduced the assessment, overruled appellant’s legal objections and confirmed the assessment as reduced. On hearing before a jury on the question of benefits the assessment was also sustained. Appellant brings the record here for review.

The tract of land of appellant affected by the improvement consists of about fifty acres between…