People Ex Rel. Coojar Realty Corp. v. Village of Burr Ridge

A quo warranto proceeding was filed by relator to challenge the annexation of relator’s property to the Village of Burr Ridge, pursuant to leave granted by the trial court. Leave was given to the State’s Attorney of DuPage County to intervene for the State of Illinois as an additional relator praying for an order of ouster as to a portion of U. S. Route 66 (now 1-55). Both petitions allege the illegality of a previous annexation in 1961 of that highway by the Village.

The cause was heard in the trial court on the basis of a stipulation of facts. Chronologically, the Village had first annexed a…