Bridgeview Park District v. Hickory Hills Park District

The instant appeal stems from a petition filed by Bridgeview Park District under section 3 — 12 of the Park District Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 105, par. 3—12) which seeks to disconnect certain territory from the Hickory Hills Park District and to annex that territory to itself. Pursuant to Hickory Hills Park District’s motion, the trial court ordered that the petition be dismissed. Bridgeview Park District now appeals from that order.

Bridgeview Park District presents two basic arguments on appeal: (1) that in considering the petition the trial court improperly imposed conditions not…