City of Centralia v. Garland

 In consolidated appeal, Defendants appeal circuit court orders granting motions for summary judgment for City, on City’s complaints for removal of Defendants’ boat docks from Lake Centralia. When City acquired Lake Centralia in 1926, City was acting under the Cities and Villages Act, which gave City the broad power to acquire and hold real and personal property, City had power to acquire Lake Centralia. Section 2-2-12 of Municipal Code governs City’s authority to hold Lake Centralia as its property. City’s ownership of Lake Centralia gives City the power to regulate it.  (OVERSTREET and BOIE, concurring.)