People Ex Rel. Village of Buffalo Grove v. Village of Long Grove

Defendant, Village of Long Grove, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Lake County granting the motion of plaintiff, Village of Buffalo Grove, for summary judgment on its complaint in quo warranto and denying Long Grove’s motion for summary judgment. The litigation arose because the two villages annexed the same property. Long Grove argues on appeal that the Buffalo Grove annexation was invalid for a number of reasons; that the Long Grove annexation should take priority because Long Grove initiated its annexation before the Buffalo Grove annexation was initiated and the landowner’s…