Bibel v. People ex rel. the City of Bloomington
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tiptoe, Judge, presiding. This was an application, by the county treasurer of McLean county to the county court of that county, for judgment against certain lots in the city of Bloomington for delinquent special assessments.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tiptoe, Judge, presiding. This was an application, by the county treasurer of McLean county to the county court of that county, for judgment against certain lots in the city of Bloomington for delinquent special assessments. The ordinance under which the assessments were made, required the jury to assess and fix the value of the benefits or damages of the improvement to all of the lots, etc., which, in their judgment, were specially benefited or damaged thereby, but did not require the assessments so made to be in, proportion…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
This case involves the validity of a special assessment, levied upon the lands of appellant by the authorities of the city of Bloomington, for the purpose of paying part of the cost and expense of paving with Nicholson pavement a portion of Center street, in that city. The court below sustained the proceedings.
Section 3, chapter 6, of the amended charter of Blooming-ton (Private L. 1867, vol. 1, p. 651), after conferring upon the city council the power of making such improvements, contains this provision: “The expenses of any improvement mentioned in this section,' or any portion thereof…
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