American Community Builders, Inc. v. City of Chicago Heights

The defendant city appeals from an order of the county court directing the disconnection of plaintiffs’ land from the municipality.

This land consists of three tracts containing 40, 33 and 63 acres forming a rectangle in the southwest corner of the city. The westerly boundary is a section line and the south boundary a half section line. The west 33 feet of plaintiffs ’ tracts is part of Western avenue and the south 50 feet is part of 26th street. These are public highways. They were paved and are now maintained by the Cook county highway department with state aid. Plaintiffs own the fee to…