Southeim v. City of Chicago

Citations

• 56 Ill. 429

Syllabus

<p>Special assessment in Chicago — what defenses availing. Upon an application for a judgment upon a special assessment in the city of Chicago, it is admissible to prove as a defense thereto, “ that the commissioners, in making said assessment, knowingly and willfully assessed objector’s real estate at more than its proportion of benefits to be conferred by said improvement; ” and that the “ commissioners assessed certain real estate benefited, for an amount grossly and very much less than it was benefited, and, in so doing, increased the benefits assessed against objector’s real estate.”</p>