City of Chicago v. South Park Commissioners

This is an appeal from the judgment of the county court of Cook county sustaining objections filed by the appellees to an application of the appellant city for the confirmation of special assessments levied for the cost of improving certain streets of the city.

The motion to strike the bill of exceptions from the files first demands our attention. The grounds of the motion are two-fold: First, that the bill was signed and sealed by the trial judge one day after the expiration of the time limited for the presentation of the bill; and second, that the cause was heard by the Hon. George W. Brown,…