People Ex Rel. Village of Grayslake v. Village of Round Lake Beach

The plaintiff and counterdefendant, the Village of Grayslake, appeals from the orders of summary judgment in favor of the defendant and counterplaintiff, the Village of Round Lake Beach. The central issue on appeal is whether Grayslake’s voluntary annexation of the land in question had priority over Round Lake Beach’s involuntary annexation of the same property. We focus on the sufficiency of the annexation petitions filed by the landowners in question (the petitioners) with Grayslake.

After it completed its proceedings to annex the property at issue here, Grayslake initiated this action in…