Illinois Supreme Court February 21, 1907 (City of Chicago v. McGovern)

Mr. Chief Justice Scott

delivered the opinion of the court:

In McChesney v. City of Chicago, 213 Ill. 592, we held that section 42 of the Local Improvement act, as amended in 1903, does not authorize the city council to provide for •the collection of interest upon special assessments not divided into installments, and that in the absence of statutory authority the city council has no right to