In Re Disconnection of Certain Territory From Village of Mount Prospect

Mr. Presiding Justice Schwartz

delivered the opinion of the court.

The village appeals from an order entered on the petition of Arthur T. McIntosh & Company disconnecting territory described in the petition from the corporate limits of the village. This is a proceeding-under section 7-42 of the “Cities and Villages Act” (ch. 24, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 21.1233]). This statute provides that the owners of a tract of land lying within the corporate limits of any municipality which (1) is not contiguous in whole or in part to any other municipality; (2) contains twenty or more…