People Ex Rel. Pletcher v. City of Joliet

This appeal brings up for review a judgment of the circuit court of Will county in a proceeding begun by appellants attacking the validity of the annexation of certain territory to the city of Joliet. Appellants, as relators, by the State’s attorney, filed an information in quo warranto against the city of Joliet calling upon the city to show by what authority or right it exercised governmental functions and powers over the annexed territory and the inhabitants thereof. The city filed a plea of justification, to which relators, by leave, replied double. A stipulation was filed by the parties,…