E. A. Cummings & Co. v. People ex rel. Hanberg
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ricks
This is an appeal from a judgment of sale for a special assessment made by the West Chicago Park Commissioners, who are by statute invested with the power to make local improvements by special assessment.
The original proceedings out of which this controversy arises were begun in 1893. The Park act of 1873 (Starr & Cur. Stat. 1896, p. 2862-2870,) at that time provided that the proceedings for the levy and collection of special assessments for park purposes should in all things, as near as may be, conform to the provisions of article 9 of the City and Village act. At the time the levy of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Culver v. People ex rel. KocherspergerIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- People ex rel. Keeney v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- West Chicago Park Commissioners v. FarberIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Cummings v. West Chicago Park CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Gorton v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Murphy v. People ex rel. West Chicago Park CommissionersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906