Poole v. City of Kankakee

April 25, 1949, the city of Kankakee passed an ordinance providing for the issue of $430,000 in “Motor Vehicle Parking System Revenue Bonds,” for the stated purpose of acquiring eight certain tracts of real estate to be used for the operation of off-street vehicle parking lots in the business section of the city. Some of the tracts sought were vacant, while the use of others would entail the purchase and removal of structures. The action of the city was purportedly based on the power granted it by article 52.1 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 24, art.…