Legal Opinion
Punke v. Village of Elliott
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 10, 1936No. 23823. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Herrick
Frederick A. Punke filed his petition in the circuit court of Ford county to disconnect from the village of Elliott a tract of land containing substantially 100 acres. Loyal H. Dickerman, the owner of a tract of 16.66 acres on the boundary of the village and a tax-payer in but not a resident of the village, was by leave of the court permitted to become a party defendant. He and the village filed their separate motions to strike the petition. The motions were in the nature of demurrers. Each was overruled. The defendants abided. The court entered an order disconnecting the petitioner’s lands.…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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