Hulbert v. City of Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts are stated in the opinion. The act entitled, “An Act Concerning Local Improvements," passed June 14, 1897, and amendments thereto, is contrary to section 2, article 2, and section 9, article 9, of the constitution of Illinois. The board of local improvements is not a municipal corporation, and it has no authority to make special assessments. Harward v. St. Clair & M..L. & D. Co., 51 Illinois, 130; Cornell.v.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts are stated in the opinion. The act entitled, “An Act Concerning Local Improvements," passed June 14, 1897, and amendments thereto, is contrary to section 2, article 2, and section 9, article 9, of the constitution of Illinois. The board of local improvements is not a municipal corporation, and it has no authority to make special assessments. Harward v. St. Clair & M..L. & D. Co., 51 Illinois, 130; Cornell.v. People, 107 Illinois, 372; Updike v. Wright, 91 Illinois, 49; Gage v. Graham, 57 Illinois, 144; Dunham v. People, 96…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Error to the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois affirming a judgment of the County Court of Cook County, confirming an assessment to defray the cost' of paving a street in the city of Chicago.
The proceeding was commenced by a petition filed by the city in the County Court of Cook County in accordance with the law of the State. The petition recited an ordinance of the city providing for the improvement of the street, and prayed “ that steps be taken to levy a special assessment for said improvements in accordance with the provisions of .said ordinance, and in the manner…
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