Thorn v. West Chicago Park Commissioners
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding. The action of the park board should correspond with the proposition to which the consent referred. Dwight v. Springfield, 4 Gray, 107. There was no power in the city to alienate control of these streets to the park commissioners.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding. The action of the park board should correspond with the proposition to which the consent referred. Dwight v. Springfield, 4 Gray, 107. There was no power in the city to alienate control of these streets to the park commissioners. Kreigh v. Chicago, 86 Ill. 407; People v. Walsh, 96 id. 232. The power to select and take streets is given to the park commissioners under the conditions in the statute prescribed. One. of those conditions is, that “the consent, in writing, of the owners of a majority of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shope
This was a proceeding in the circuit court of Cook county, by petition of the West Chicago Park Commissioners, for confirmation of a special assessment, made by said commissioners upon the lots of appellants and others, for the making and construction of a continuous boulevard upon portions of Twelfth street and Ogden avenue, in the city of Chicago, leading from The city to Douglas Park, one of the parks under the control of appellees. The streets being within the park district, it is •claimed the commissioners acquired control of the portions Thereof included in the proposed boulevard, under…
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