Penman v. Village of Philo

An appeal was wrongfully taken from a judgment of the circuit court of Champaign county disconnecting certain territory from the Village of Philo to the Supreme Court and was transferred by that court upon motion of the appellees to the Appellate Court of the Third District.

The original petition was filed by plaintiffs, Thomas A. Penman as individual owner of the premises therein described and sought to be disconnected from said Village, and Norman B. Pitcairn and Frank C. Nicodemus, Jr., receivers of the Wabash Bailway Company, which was the owner of a right of way easement across the same…