Holden v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error sued out for the purpose of reversing a judgment of confirmation of the county court of Cook county in a special assessment proceeding levied for the purpose of raising" revenue for the improvement of Warren avenue, from Homan avenue to a point ninety-eight feet east of the east line of Pall street, in the city of Chicago, pursuant to an ordinance passed by…
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Writ op Error to the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error sued out for the purpose of reversing a judgment of confirmation of the county court of Cook county in a special assessment proceeding levied for the purpose of raising" revenue for the improvement of Warren avenue, from Homan avenue to a point ninety-eight feet east of the east line of Pall street, in the city of Chicago, pursuant to an ordinance passed by the city council for that purpose.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
Section 1 of the ordinance provides: “That the roadway of Warren avenue, from, etc., (describing" the roadway,) being" thirty feet in width, be and the same is hereby ordered curbed with a granite concrete combined curb and gutter. Said granite concrete combined curb and gutter shall be set on either side of the roadway of said Warren avenue between said points, (except across the roadway of intersecting streets and alleys,) on a foundation of cinders six inches in depth, and so that the street face of the curb proper will be at and on a line parallel with the fifteen feet from the center…
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