People Ex Rel. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. City of Des Plaines

This is an appeal from a judgment in a quo warranto proceeding in which the trial court held invalid an ordinance of the defendant municipality undertaking to annex certain unincorporated territory pursuant to the provisions of section 7-1-13 of the Cities and Villages Act (Ill Rev Stats, c 24, § 7-1-13 (1961)). This statute authorizes annexation without the consent of any of the owners, provided such territory is sixty acres or less and is “wholly bounded by one or more municipalities. 99

The property in question consisted of two parcels, one held in trust by the relator and hereinafter…