Kimble v. City of Peoria

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Peoria county, confirming a special tax levied for the purpose of improving Hamilton street, in the city of Peoria, from the south-easterly line of Adams to the north-westerly line of Water street. At the time the ordinance was passed providing for the improvement, the city of Peoria was organized under a special charter; but it is conceded in the argument that the city had adopted article 9, chapter 24, of the Revised Statutes of 1874, entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages, ” and the proceedings in…