La Salle National Trust, N.A. v. Village of Mettawa

Respondents, the Village of Mettawa (Village) and certain residents and taxpayers of the Village (residents), each appealed from an order of the circuit court of Lake County granting a petition to disconnect land (the petition) from the Village. The petition named the Village as respondent and the residents elected to become respondents pursuant to their statutory right. We consolidated their appeals. Petitioners, La Salle National Trust (La Salle), as trustee of a land trust, and W.W. Grainger, Inc. (Grainger), the sole beneficiary of the land trust, brought the petition pursuant to section…