City of Springfield v. Mathus

Citations

• 124 Ill. 88
• 16 N.E. 92

Syllabus

<p>1. Special assessment—ordinance for sewer—location of man-holes. An ordinance requiring the construction of a sewer in a certain street, provided that “said sewer shall be two feet inside diameter, and shall be constructed of the best brick and cement, in the best workmanlike manner, with necessary man-holes and inlets for surface drainage, ” etc.: Held, that the ordinance was sufficiently certain in specifying the location of the manholes.</p> <p>2. The word “necessary,” in such ordinance, should he taken as a restrictive term, as respects the location of the man-holes, going to show where they should be constructed,—that is; they were to be where it was necessary and proper they should be. The words “necessary man-holes” would enable a civil engineer to determine where the man-holes should be built.</p>