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PEOPLE EX REL. ADAMOWSKI v. VILLAGE OF STREAMWOOD

No. 35010.

15 Ill.2d 595 (1959)

155 N.E.2d 635

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Benjamin S. Adamowski, State's Attorney, Appellee, v. THE VILLAGE OF STREAMWOOD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOWARD S. TAFT, of Chicago, for appellant.

BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRANCIS X. RILEY, and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1955 the legislature amended section 7-8 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act and, in so doing, deleted certain language in that section. Prior to amendment, the section read as follows: "Any municipality by ordinance may annex any territory contiguous to it even though the annexed territory is dedicated or used for street or highway...

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