Palmer v. City of Danville
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the County Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. John G. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This was an application in the county court of Vermilion county for the confirmation of a special tax, levied by authority of the city council of the city of Danville, to pay the cost of providing and putting in sewer and water service-pipes for house connections with the main sewer and water pipes in Main street of that city.
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Writ of Error to the County Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. John G. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This was an application in the county court of Vermilion county for the confirmation of a special tax, levied by authority of the city council of the city of Danville, to pay the cost of providing and putting in sewer and water service-pipes for house connections with the main sewer and water pipes in Main street of that city. Sections 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the ordinance are the principal ones having any bearing on this case, and are as follows: “Sec. 1. That Main street, from its intersection with…
1Opinion of the Court
Carter, J.:
This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse the judgment of the county court of Vermilion county confirming a special tax levied to pay the cost of certain sewer and water service-pipes laid for house com nections with the sewer and water-mains in Main street, in the city of Danville. Numerous objections were filed and insisted on in the county court, and are renewed here by plaintiffs in error, but it will not be necessary to consider them all in the disposition of the case.
It is urged in objection, among other things, that the several water and sewer service-pipes were intended…
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