Village of Wakefield v. Utecht

The village of Wakefield, incorporated and lying in Dixon county, and bordering on Wayne county, presented its petition to the district court of the latter county for the annexation of certain territory within that county to the corporate limits of said village. From a decree annexing such lands defendants have appealed.

The grounds urged for a reversal are (a) that the evidence is insufficient to support the findings and decree; and (&) that the court was without authority to annex to a village in one county contiguous territory lying in another county. We will consider these two assignments…