Illinois Supreme Court April 23, 1908 (People ex rel. Friend v. Wieboldt)

lead-opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Hand

delivered the opinion.of the court:

The statute provides that the city council in cities, and the president and board of trustees in villages, shall have power to lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave or otherwise improve streets, avenues, sidewalks, wharves, parks and public grounds, and vacate the same, (Hurd’s Stat. 1905, chap. 24, art.