, 1870-05-13
TNE LAW COURTS.
Paving of Archer Avenue'-- The
South Park.
Damages Awarded = Land Matters
Prisoners Arraigned-
UNITED sIATEB C1aoUIT COURT.

UNITED RIATE5 CIHOOlT uouAA'
CITY CASE
The cage Of George Van Aaftca against the ehJ'
mentioned heretofore, Wzs gisen 70 Inc july.
1Es7RA1S1ss TAr COLLECTIONS
Morris E Jessur, Of New Iork, '. The cry o.
n,caro. The CITY collector, and the Directors o.
the Chicago L Alton Railroad Company. 3AAs IS
proceeding in chaaccrJ, instituted 70 rcsf'in t1e
collection Of special assessments 1of n0lne, eEau-
Ing. an6 naytnc with sfo0deu hlocEs Archer ave-
cue. formerly known ~ Archer ROAD.
The cfupiatnaEt sets DuL tEat he IS tne oWuE1D -
.oae hundred shares Of the Chicago Alton I'LL
tUad Company STOCK which company = tn1sap tas
ed with 1he collection o siascl4 assess1 - na.s
been Illegally assessed. To show that tac asscss
ment is Illegal, the complainant Ie!e1s ~ w
staEes In the history 81 ~ Iaa sno"a No. III e,a a,G
the cor erat,on+ untler which the COMPANY may
not bc assessed for tho sperta! imp:osenent o1
ea ss gs Y n cao sSas sras eSpy
SO orEHuizal, under an act nl the Legislature OF
ISIS, with TIC right to establish rnaa from joliet
.Sssjrni ~ KsFroad Company, through IocsI,o1t to
Chicago rnder tits legislation, IN January, 1851,
: TIE comnn Council, BY m ordnance consented
10 North st1.e,, but, on condition that the COM
ls;n! should 3:anI, and pave, and macaaam1ze the
whsle stfrfac Of the streets upon which they ran,
orion, and that In such streets the company
should occu!y not to exceed twenty-four feer OF
the strGess. This osdlnanee Was put into col
ties. linda It TIC company came into The city.
The Chicago Alton Eaalruaa Company was then
nrEanized nn1er an acs VI 1861, with noWer t9
e ,saSe roaa Or ssa5ss to the the
IL bushes and especially yns TO lsa:H 1o,'as she rail-
fsas a z rn. u oe hold te Properly
thus acquired i pezaetaisy. IN 1854 pesGetuA
lease Was executed of the Joliet 4 Chicago
Road to the CEeaso ( Alton Road, WITH aa1 In tae
ffpncblscs Of the former company. Ihis lease
i,eise made, The nicago Alton Road came into
Chicago Gndc, :ne contracts thus lnaac, And "
direction Of the 5oard Of Public Mosks ne Whole
surface Of Archn rusa, upon which tue ral!Way
was. was ulnch dasnased. since which time the
ccu1pany ever maintained it IN repair. But tdaE1ng
the year 1868 liz Board Of Public Works, under
for the pavineuf Archer svenne, and upon non.
payment Of tie SUM 1amed took Judgment against
l1e conliany, which Judgment sgf complainant 1ra1s
It chasgcs thai il it was the duty Of the COM
pauy thus TO aid in the Improvement OF the road
Ct It %as s9uass nss t. r. sns q
Should 60 impNre 1t; arerr1ns that no such de-
maud was eveI made; also, that the city can only
ssss ssalis i ses s fs s
The E1eat ront made howescr Is saas lMe ie A., as,
sessent is in Ei9.sa9S , " i.s ,s Iete1S ecied
IL he Cpissd States Supreme Court
FpLLowlSG 4 CLA1A
Timothy r Fletcher. Of DAYTON, OHIO, '. Josepn
N LYONS ct MA. Tin ~ which 1t Is sought to es
tahasb aud enforce . ues upon realty. Complain,
Wii,am r. Wright, Being bankers IN Chicago,
owed hipa over S 600, money deposited. ut which
time Lyons owned the west hall 81 t0e
southwest quarter of the northeast quartet. anu
HE south ialf OF the southeast Quarter OF the
northeast quarter Of Section Is, 4, y East r
n 4 certificate Of deposit, issued to compla!a-
Gilbert Farmer, the father OF his wife the proper
u named by deed absolute upon IS face, but
plaintiff alleges, with notice upon the part Of
1nent specifically made, that hls Ael'r should be
paid thercfzoro subsequently, s, 90 was paid On
PaIt nf TIC nIopcrty Vas conveyed % Lyons wife.
, some 1ots Of the remainder having been sub
divided, have been sold. and IT Is Bought to make
by sale pI that which remains in Farmer And lls
xlnucpte1, respond to the debt alleged.