McVey v. City of Danville

The county court of Vermilion county confirmed a special tax upon the property of appellants for paving Gilbert street, in the city of Danville. That city contained a population of less than'twenty-five thousand, and the board of local improvements had no power to originate the improvement in question except upon a petition by the owners of a majority of the property abutting on the street. (City of Bloomington v. Reeves, 177 Ill. 161.) The sole objection of appellants made in the county court and urged on this appeal is founded upon that requirement of the law, and is, that the petition for…