Hall v. Mann
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus, to disconnect territory. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cass County; the Hon. Thomas N. Meham, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Burroughs
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant, as owner, representing a majority of the area of certain land or territory upon the border and within the boundary of the corporate limits of the city of Virginia, in Cass county, Illinois (which land or territory had never been laid out into city lots or blocks), presented his petition to the Circuit Court of said county for a writ of mandamus against appellees, as the mayor and the members of the city council of said city, compelling them to disconnect said land or territory from said city.
The petition averred that…
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