Frank v. Village of Barrington Hills

Defendant, the village of Barrington Hills, appeals from an order of the McHenry County circuit court disconnecting plaintiffs’ property from it. The village takes issue with the sufficiency of the evidence but also questions the procedure by which the Franks sought to correct the errors allegedly contained in the transcript of the trial.

Disconnection was sought pursuant to section 7 — 3—6 of the Illinois Municipal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 24, par. 7 — 3—6), which provides that owners of land within a municipality may have such territory disconnected if it meets certain requirements.…