People ex rel. Brzica v. Village of Lake Barrington

Plaintiffs, Slavko and Mary Brzica, appeal from the circuit court’s order of December 7, 1993, granting the motion of defendant, the Village of Lake Barrington, to dismiss their petition for leave to file a quo warranta complaint. Plaintiffs’ petition sought to have the defendant’s annexation of certain property declared null or void because the underlying petition filed during the annexation proceeding (case No. 92—MC—12) was not signed by the requisite majority of owners of the territory in question contrary to the statutory requirements of the Illinois Municipal Code (Code) (65 ILCS 5/7— 1…