Bibel v. People ex rel. the City of Bloomington

Citations

• 67 Ill. 172

Syllabus

<p>1. Special assessments—of the jury to make. Where the charter of a city provided that the expenses of certain public improvements might be assessed and levied upon real estate benefited, etc., the assessment to be made by a jury or by commissioners appointed by the city council, and the mayor selected a jury of six men, under an ordinance to that effect, who made an assessment: field, that the assessment was not legally made, a jury meaning twelve men, and if they were vegarded as commissioners, they should have been appointed by the council, and the delegation of that authority by them to the mayor, was unauthorized and void.</p> <p>2. Same—must be made in ratio of benefits and advantages. Where special assessments are not made in proportion to the ratio of benefits and advantages resulting to the property upon which they are levied, by the proposed improvement, as required by the law authorizing the same, they will be illegal and void.</p>