Laflin v. City of Chicago

Citations

• 48 Ill. 449

Syllabus

<p>1. Assessment—new assessment may be made—when origina!, assessment was void for irregularities. Undqr the authority of the 36th section of chapter 7 of the revised charter of 1863, of the city of Chicago, a new assessment may be made, in cases where the former assessment was void for irregularities. The language of the charter applied equally as well to cases when the original assessment was illegal, as when a new assessment has become necessary from any other cause.</p> <p>2. Former decision—approved. The case of The City of Chicago v. Ward, 36 Ill. 9, approved.</p> <p>3. Assessment—where first assessment is illegal—interest cannot be charged upon it—nor the costs of malting it—and included in the judgment upon the new assessment. And in cases where the first assessment was void for irregularities, it is error for the court in rendering judgment against the property upon the new assessment, to include in such judgment the costs of malting the original assessment, with interest from the date of its confirmation. Such are not the requirements of section 36, upon a void assessment.</p>