Covington v. City of East St. Louis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Daniel McGowan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
By the 3d section of article 1 of the “act to reduce the charter of East St. Louis, and the several acts in force amendatory thereof, into one act, and to revise the same,” approved March 26, 1869, (Private Laws of 1869, Vol. 1, p. 886,) it is enacted that, “any tract of land adjoining the city of East St. Louis, laid off into city or town lots, a plat of which being duly recorded in the recorder’s office of St. Clair county, shall be and form a part of the city of East St. Louis: Provided, the city council shall, by ordinance, so declare.” The tract of land on which is “Illinois City,”…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Galesburg v. HawkinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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