Sibenaller v. Milschewski

              No. 2--07--0414 Filed: 2-26-08
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IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
SECOND DISTRICT
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KATHERINE SIBENALLER, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court
) of Kendall County.
Plaintiff-Appellant, ))
v. ) No. 06--MR--79
)
JACQUELYN MILSCHEWSKI, as City )
Clerk for the United City of Yorkville, ))
Defendant-Appellee ))
(North Star Trust Company, as Trustee under )
Trust Agreement dated August 8, 2006, and )
known as Trust Number 06--9993; Fox Valley ) Honorable
Moraine, LLC; Eric Schanze; and Diane ) Thomas E. Mueller,
Schanze, Intervenors-Appellees). ) Judge, Presiding.
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JUSTICE CALLUM delivered the opinion of the court:
The United City of Yorkville (City) passed an ordinance annexing property (the territory) in
accordance with section 7--1--8 of the Illinois Municipal Code (Code) (65 ILCS 5/7--1--8 (West
2006)). Intervenors, North Star Trust Company, Fox Valley Moraine, LLC, and Eric and Diane
Schanze, own property in the territory. Plaintiff, Katherine Sibenaller, and others filed a petition
(referendum petition) with the City, claiming that a referendum on the annexation was required
under section 7--1--6 of the Code (65 ILCS 5/7--1--6 (West 2006)). Plaintiff then filed a complaint
for mandamus to order defendant, Jacquelyn Milschewski, the City clerk, to present the referendum
petition to the Kendall County clerk so that the referendum could be held. The trial court dismissed