Young v. Carey

This is an appeal from a judgment of affirmance by the Appellate Court of a judgment of the circuit court of Montgomery county denying the petition of appellants for a writ of mandamus to compel appellees, as the president and trustees of the village of Donnellson, to dis-. connect certain territory from the village. The petition shows that 1198 acres of farm land belonging to the appellant Young, none of which was laid off into lots or blocks, was included within the territory of the village at the time of its organization, in 1897, and by this petition to the village board the appellants…