PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. v. CITY OF PARK RIDGE

Gen. No. 47,266.

16 Ill. App.2d 555 (1958)

149 N.E.2d 344

Phillips Petroleum Company, Appellant, v. City of Park Ridge, a municipal corporation, James L. Galloway et al., Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Released for publication April 29, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, of Chicago (Howard P. Robinson, and Robert A. Downing, of counsel) for plaintiff-appellant, Phillips Petroleum Company.

Herbert R. Stoffels, of Chicago (John Alden Powers, of counsel) for appellees.


JUSTICE McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Cook county denying a writ of mandamus prayed for by the plaintiff and dismissing its petition. The question before us is as to whether a resolution of the city council of Park Ridge could prohibit the issuance of a permit for the erection and operation of a filling station which was a valid use of plaintiff...

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