EXCHANGE NAT. BK. OF CHICAGO v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 33511.

6 Ill.2d 419 (1955)

129 N.E.2d 1

THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, Trustee, et al., Appellees, v. THE COUNTY OF COOK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (GORDON NASH, MARTIN R. HANDLEMAN, ROBERT F. MACKEY, CHARLES D. SNEWIND, and WILLIAM SYLVESTER WHITE, of counsel,) for appellant.

RICHARD G. FINN, and J. GLENN SHEHEE, both of Chicago, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, alleging that the Cook County zoning ordinance is so unreasonable, capricious and discriminatory as to infringe upon their constitutional rights of due process and equal protection of the laws, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County for a declaratory judgment that said ordinance is invalid insofar as it relates to their property. After a hearing before a master...

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