Millington v. Central Standard Life Insurance

The County Court of Lake County entered an order finding an annexation petition for certain territory to the Village of Mettawa, Illinois, conformed to Article VII of the Revised Cities and Villages Act (Chap 24, Sect 7-1 et seq., Ill Rev Stat 1959). The order further directed the question of annexation be submitted to the corporate authorities for final action.

The annexation petition contained all of the necessary allegations required by Section 7-2 of the Act. As required by Section 7-4 of the Act, the petition was supported by the affidavit of one of the petitioners. Omitting formal…