Wattles v. The Village of McHenry

Mr. Chiee Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1859 George Gage, who was the owner of certain lands in McHenry county, caused a portion of these lands to be platted and caused the plat to be recorded as a plat of West McHenry. In 1872 the village of McHenry was duly incorporated, the lands theretofore platted as West McHenry being included within the corporate limits of said village. Since the incorporation of the village the principal streets and alleys designated on the plat have been improved and maintained by the village authorities and all conveyances and assessments of…