North Maine Fire Protection District v. Village of Niles

Three petitions were filed by North Maine Fire Protection District (the District) against the Village of Niles (the Village) to prevent the automatic disconnection of three parcels of property annexed by the Village. The District argued that the automatic disconnection of these parcels would impair the ability of the District to provide adequate fire protection and in two cases that the disconnection would cause the territory remaining in the District to be noncontiguous in contravention of section 20 of “An Act in relation to fire protection districts” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 127½, par.…