City of Hickory Hills v. Village of Bridgeview

Plaintiff, the city of Hickory Hills, a municipal corporation, appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered upon allowance of the motion of defendant, the village of Bridgeview, a municipal corporation, to strike plaintiff’s complaint and dismiss it as a party plaintiff. The appellate court affirmed (39 Ill. App. 3d 902), and we granted plaintiff’s petition for leave to appeal.

In the amended complaint in which a number of individuals are also named as plaintiffs, it was alleged that certain described real estate was situated within the corporate boundaries of the…