Helm v. Webster

Citations

• 85 Ill. 116

Syllabus

<p>1. Reversion—on vacating a street. Where a party, in conveying land to a city for a street, provides in his deed that, when the same shall cease to he used as a street, or the street shall he abandoned or vacated, it shall revert to the grantor, his heirs or assigns, on vacation of the street the land will pass back to such grantor or his assigns, by virtue of such clause, and also upon general principles, without such a reservation.</p> <p>2. Divestiture oe title—ly legislative action. Where, by the terms of the conveyance of land for a street, or under the law in force at the time of the opening of a street, the title to the ground embraced by the street will revert to the former owner on its abandonment or vacation, the legislature has not the power under the constitutional limitations to divest such former owner of his right, and to vest the title in another.</p> <p>3. Boundary—own&r of lot takes no title to street. The limits of a lot abutting upon a street is the extent of the ownership, and it can not be asserted beyond those lines and extended into the street on its vacation.</p>