O'Brien v. Wheelock
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois.
1Opinion of the Court
HARLAN, Circuit Justice.
This case relates to certain proceedings under an act of the general assembly of Illinois approved April 24, 1871, entitled “An act to provide for the construction and protection of drains, ditches, levees and other works.”
The principal question is whether the lands of the appellees, who were the defendants below, and who numbered about 1,000, are liable for assessments that were made under that act to pay certain bonds issued many years ago to contractors, which were purchased by Francis Palms, and are now held by his executors.
It is contended that the act was in…
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