Village of South Elgin v. City of Elgin

PRESIDING JUSTICE UNVERZAGT

delivered the opinion of

the court:

Defendant, the City of Elgin, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Kane County enjoining its annexation of approximately eight acres of land located at the southeast corner of a 150-acre tract of land, known as the Zale property, in unincorporated Kane County. The 150-acre tract, which is contiguous to the City of Elgin on its southern boundary, was the subject of a proposed annexation agreement between the city and the legal and beneficial owners of the property, the Harris Bank and Trust Company, as trustee under trust…