People Ex Rel. Hanrahan v. Village of Wheeling

On 31 March 1971, 41 days after the recordation of the relevant annexation ordinánce, the State’s Attorney of Cook County, on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, brought a complaint in quo warranto which sought to declare void the annexation of a certain subject property to the Village of Wheeling (hereinafter Village) and to oust the Village from exercising jurisdiction over the subject property. The property was described as follows:

“The Northwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 23, Township 42 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County,…