Illinois Supreme Court October 19, 1900 (Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Town of Lake View)

Mr. Justice Carter

delivered the opinion of the court:

By this appeal the appellant, as the executor of Parker R. Mason, deceased, seeks to reverse, as to a certain lot owned by him, a judgment of the court below confirming a special assessment levied to pay the cost of opening and improving a public highway along the shore of Lake Michigan, known as the “Lake Shore Drive.