Kinsall v. Village of Omaha

Ernest M. Kinsall et al., the plaintiffs ’ in this cause, filed their petition in the circuit court of Gallatin county to disconnect from the village of Omaha a tract of land containing substantially eighty acres, under the authority given by the statute. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1941, chap. 24, par. 7-42.) The defendant filed an amended answer to the petition to which the appellees filed a motion to strike. On hearing, the motion to strike was granted. The defendant village chose to abide by its amended answer. The court thereupon defaulted the defendant and entered an order disconnecting. the…