Boynton v. People ex rel. Kern
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Scales, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county, rendered on the application of the county collector, against the lands of Charles W. Boynton, appellant, for the amount of a special assessment ordered by the city of Chicago for the improvement of West Adams street, in said city.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Scales, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county, rendered on the application of the county collector, against the lands of Charles W. Boynton, appellant, for the amount of a special assessment ordered by the city of Chicago for the improvement of West Adams street, in said city. The assessment was made under the provisions of article 9 of the general Incorporation act, entitled “Cities, Villages and Towns.” It appears from the record that T. W. Vienar, H. J. Jordan and August Kowalski…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
In McChesney v. People ex rel. 148 Ill. 221, where a notice required to be given the land owner of the application for a confirmation of the assessment was only signed by two of the commissioners, we held that the statute requires that the commissioners appointed to make a special assessment shall act jointly in. giving notice of application for a confirmation of their assessment, and a notice signed by only two of the commissioners appointed, and a third person, of the application for confirmation, will fail to give jurisdiction to the court for that purpose, and the property holder may set…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McChesney v. People ex rel. KernIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
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