Rich v. City of Chicago

Rich and others, owners, respectively, of certain lots in Chicago, have appealed from a judgment of confirmation of a special assessment, made under the act of 1897, to defray the cost of curbing, filling" and paving with asphalt certain streets of that city.

As to eight certain lots fronting on Monroe street, (formerly Brooks avenue,) Rich, the owner, gave in evidence, under his objections filed, a certain judgment of said county court rendered in 1895, confirming a special assessment made to curb, fill and macadamize said Brooks avenue, and moved the court to dismiss the petition as to said…