Independent Amusements, Inc. v. Village of Milan

Mr. Presiding Justice Dove

delivered the opinion of the court.

Section 42 of article 7 of the Cities and Villages Act (Ill. Rev. St. 1949, chap. 24, art. 7, sec. 42 [par. 7-42]) [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 21.1233] provides, in part: “The owner of [or] owners or [of] record of any area of land consisting of one or more tracts, lying within the corporate limits of any municipality, which (1) is not contiguous in whole or in part to any other municipality; (2) contains twenty or more acres; (3) is not sub-divided into municipal lots and blocks; (4) is located on the border of the municipality; and…