Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Seip

Citations

• 120 Ill. 104
• 11 N.E. 418
• 1887 Ill. LEXIS 830

Syllabus

<p>1. Special assessments—for park or boulevard ptirposes—liability of railway property. There is no constitutional or statutory exemption from the assessing of railway property, if specially benefited, for park- or boulevard purposes.</p> <p>2. Same—confirmation—of its conclusiveness as to matters in defence. A judgment confirming special assessments upon property benefited by a proposed public improvement, is conclusive as to any and all objections and defences that might have been interposed thereto. On application for' judgment against the lands for delinquent assessments, it can not be shown that the property was exempt, or not benefited, or that the ordinance under which they were made was invalid. All such matters, after the judgment of confirmation, become res judicata.</p>