City of Galesburg v. Hawkinson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. Abthub A. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a petition by Olof Hawkinson and others, filed in the circuit court, to have their lands within the corporate limits of the city of Galesburg, disconnected therefrom by a decree of court. The city and several citizens having an interest in the matter appeared, and resisted the relief sought.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. Abthub A. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a petition by Olof Hawkinson and others, filed in the circuit court, to have their lands within the corporate limits of the city of Galesburg, disconnected therefrom by a decree of court. The city and several citizens having an interest in the matter appeared, and resisted the relief sought. The court below decreed according to the prayer of the petition, and the defendant below appealed..
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The eighth section of “ An act to provide for annexing and excluding territory to and from cities, towns and villages, and to unite cities, towns and villages,” approved April 10, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872, (2d Gross, 64) provides that whenever a majority of the legal voters of any territory within any city, town or village, and being upon the border and within the boundary thereof, shall petition the circuit court of the county in which such city, town or village is situated, praying to be disconnected therefrom, such petition shall be filed with the clerk of the court, at least ten…
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