Burnham v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Tras was a proceeding to levy a special assessment in the city of Chicago, heard before the Superior Court of that city.
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Tras was a proceeding to levy a special assessment in the city of Chicago, heard before the Superior Court of that city. It was resisted by the appellant and others, for the following reasons: Because the assessment made on said lots was made in accordance with what they were deemed benefited, and not in accordance with the value of the property assessed; and without reference to the assessment being uniform in respect to persons and property assessed within the jurisdiction of the body making the assessment; and is therefore unconstitutional and void. Said lots were assessed knowingly,…
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, C. J.
The legality of the special term at which this application for judgment was made, may be properly first considered. Had there been no change in the Court of Common Pleas, there would have been no question made of the right of the court to call this special term. That court was vested with express power to call special terms at its discretion, the same as the Circuit Courts. The act of the last session changed the name of the court, provided for the election of two more judges, made the judge of the Common Pleas chief justice of the Superior Court, required it to hold monthly,…
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