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KENNEDY v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 34228.

11 Ill.2d 302 (1957)

142 N.E.2d 697

JAMES W. KENNEDY, Appellee, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 23, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (JOHN P. MURRAY, and ERWIN H. GREENBERG, of counsel,) for appellant.

BRUNDAGE & SHORT, of Chicago, (HOWARD A. BRUNDAGE, CHARLES F. SHORT, JR., and NARCISSE A. BROWN, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellee, James W. Kennedy, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County for a declaratory judgment that the zoning ordinance of the city of Chicago, as amended, is invalid in its application to certain of his property. The land in question was zoned for commercial use under the original zoning ordinance of 1923 but, by comprehensive amendments made in 1942, was rezoned for uses...

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