People Ex Rel. Marre v. Countryside Sanitary District

This is a quo warranto proceeding in which the trial court found that certain annexation actions of defendant were valid and resulted in the inclusion of property of the relators (hereinafter "plaintiffs”) within the jurisdiction of defendant. Plaintiffs, more than 60 in number, have appealed from that order.

A rough sketch of the area, which was admitted in evidence, will make it easier to understand the positions taken by the respective parties.

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Defendant, Countryside Sanitary District, and the neighboring La Grange Highlands Sanitary District were each incorporated at about the…