People ex rel. Village of Justice v. City of Hickory Hills

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal was taken from an order of the circuit court issuing a writ of mandamus directing a municipal defendant to disconnect 20 acres of land which it had previously annexed.

The history of the instant litigation is as follows. On February 15,1965, the City of Hickory Hills passed Ordinance 65-5 annexing the south 20 acres and north 20 acres of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 34, Township 38 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois. On the same day, the Village…