People Ex Rel. Pletcher v. City of Joliet

This appeal is from a judgment of not guilty entered by the circuit court of Will county in a quo warranto proceeding brought to test the validity of certain proceedings to annex territory to the city of Joliet, pursuant to the provisions of the act of June 20, 1921, providing an additional method of annexing territory to cities in this State. (Smith’s Stat. 1925, p. 377.) This act provides for the annexation of territory, conforming to the limitations fixed by the act, to a city to which the territory is contiguous, excluding, however, lands “used exclusively for agricultural purposes” where…