In re the Petition for the Establishment of a Fire Protection District

The appellants filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Tazewell County to establish what was to be called the Cincinnati Fire Protection District. Some landowners filed objections and moved to dismiss the petition, which motion was allowed after hearing evidence, and this appeal followed.

Chapter 127%, section 21, of Illinois Revised Statutes, provides a method for organizing such a district, and paragraph 5 thereof directs that included territory must contain “no territory included in any other fire protection district.” Whether the petition violates this directive is the question in this…