People ex rel. Thompson v. Klehm

The county court of Cook county overruled the objections of George C. Klehm, the appellant, to special taxes amounting to $389.75 levied by the village of Niles Center to pay for the construction of a cinder sidewalk in front of his property, and entered judgment and order of sale to satisfy the same. From that judgment this appeal was prosecuted.

The ordinance under which the special taxes were levied provided for the construction of the sidewalk in conformity with the provisions of the Sidewalk act of 1875, as amended and now in force. It provided that a foundation should be first prepared…