City of Peoria v. Smith

The city of Peoria by an ordinance levied a special tax to pave a certain street. The tax was divided into ten installments. In the original proceedings for confirmation certain property owners filed legal objections and also objections as to benefits. The court overruled the legal objections and on the trial for benefits before a jury the assessment as to the objectors was reduced approximately twenty per cent, and thereupon judgment was entered for that reduced amount against said property for which objections had been filed and entered for the full amount against all the other property.…