Higgins v. City Council

Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell

delivered the opinion of the court.

Addison P. Higgins and three others filed a petition in the court below against the city council of the city of Gales-burg for a mandamus to compel said city council to disconnect- from the city of Galesburg 440 acres of land owned by them, lying upon the border and within the boundary of said city, and. not laid out into city or village lots or blocks. The petition was afterward amended. It showed a compliance with all the requirements of the act of 1879 relating to the disconnection of territory from .cities and villages.…