First National Bank v. Village of South Pekin

Mr. Presiding Justice Riess

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case, the defendant, Village of South Pekin, has appealed from a final order of the county court of Tazewell county entered on August 15, 1938, disconnecting from the village certain areas of land of the petitioners alleged to comprise 20 or more acres located on the border or boundary of the village and not subdivided into lots and blocks, which proceedings were had under the provisions of an act entitled ‘ ‘ An Act providing for the disconnection of land from cities, towns and villages” (Laws of 1935, p. 300), being ch.…