People Ex Rel. Village of Hazel Crest v. Village of Homewood

This is a quo warranto action brought on the relation of village of Hazel Crest to challenge the village of Homewood’s 1980 annexation of a 125-acre parcel commonly known as the Calumet Country Club. The circuit court of Cook County granted Homewood’s motion for summary judgment and Hazel Crest has appealed, contending: (1) Homewood should have been barred by the applicable statute of limitations from challenging the validity of Hazel Crest’s 1958 annexation of a portion of 175th Street, an annexation which, if valid, would have rendered Homewood’s subsequent annexation of the subject…