Committee of Local Improvements v. Objectors to the Assessment

The issue in this case is the constitutionality of the 1965 statute which authorizes townships to levy special assessments to defray the cost of improving, widening or extending streets or other public ways within, or abutting, platted subdivisions. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 139, pars. 143.101 through 143.161.) Proceeding under this statute, the “Committee of Local Improvements of the Town of Algonquin” filed a petition for the confirmation of a “special tax assessment roll.” The circuit court of McHenry County sustained objections to the petition and dismissed it on the ground that…