Gilbert v. Morgan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus, to disconnect territory, etc. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Henky B. Willis, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Higbeé
delivered the opinion of the court.
The village of South Elgin is a municipal corporation, duly incorporated under the general laws of the State, providing for the incorporation of cities and villages. On April 12,1900,appellee M.S. Morgan and about twenty-five others, claiming to be the owners representing a majority of the area of certain land upon the border and within the boundary of said village, which was not laid out into city or village lots, filed their petition with the village clerk asking that the land of said petitioners, together with other lands in said…
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