(65 ILCS 5/9-3-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-3-15)
Sec. 9-3-15.
The assessment roll as returned by the officers making the
same shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the amount
assessed against each lot, tract or parcel of real estate, but shall not be
counted as testimony of any witness or witnesses in the cause. If it is
objected on the part of any property assessed for improvement that it will
not be benefited thereby to the amount assessed thereon, and that it is
assessed more than its proportionate share of the cost of such improvement,
and a jury is not waived by agreement of parties, the court shall impanel a
jury to try the issue, and in such case, except as otherwise ordered by the
court, all such objections shall be tried and disposed of before a jury.
Such assessment roll may be submitted to the jury and may be taken into a
jury room by the jury when it retires to deliberate on its verdict. Either
party may introduce such other evidence that may bear on the issues. The
hearing shall be conducted as in other cases at law and if it shall appear
that the premises of any objector are assessed more than such premises will
be benefited by such improvement, or more than its proportionate share of
the cost of such improvement, the jury shall so find, and shall also find
the amount for which the premises ought to be assessed, and the judgment
shall be rendered accordingly.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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