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194 Ill. App. 442

Ledowsky v. Gordon

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 17, 1915

Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1915-06-17

<p>Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John J. Rooney, Judge, presiding.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently March 1937

1 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

““A grantee cannot recover more than nominal damages for the breiach of a covenant against a special assessment without proving that it has been paid by him.””

quoted by 1 later decision, including Perkins v. Good

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Reversed and remanded · Decided 1915-06-17

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Mr. Justice Pam

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision.1. Evidence, § 241*—when exemplified copy of foreign special assessment proceedings inadmissible. An exemplified copy of special assessment proceedings of an Indiana city is not admissible in the courts of this State, where the certificate of the city clerk attached to such copy does not show that the proceedings conformed to the laws of Indiana, and the special assessment laws thereof were not proven.2. Evidence, § 241*—when exemplified copy of foreign special assessment proceedings inadmissible. An exemplified copy of special assessment proceedings of an Indiana city is not admissible in the courts of this State, where the certificate of the city clerk attached to such copy does not show that the proceedings conformed to the laws of the former State.3. Covenants, § 41*—payment of assessment as condition to recovery for breach of covenant against taxes. A grantee cannot recover more than nominal damages for the breach of a covenant against a special assessment without proving that it has been paid by him.
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