In re Petition to Disconnect Certain Territories from Rutland & Dundee Townships Fire Protection District

Respondent, the Rutland and Dundee Townships Fire Protection District (the Rutland FPD), appeals following the denial of its post-trial motion, contending that the order of the trial court was against the manifest weight of the evidence. The trial court’s order transferred a certain portion of respondent’s fire protection district to another district. We affirm.

In the present case, petitioners, Oak Brook Bank, acting as trustee of a parcel of real estate located in Kane County (the Bank), James R. Kruger, Jr., and Karen A. Kruger, voters, brought an action to detach certain property from the…