BULK PETROLEUM CORP. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 35396.

18 Ill.2d 383 (1960)

164 N.E.2d 42

BULK PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Appellee, v. THE CITY of Chicago, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 22, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (SYDNEY R. DREBIN, and EDWARD E. PLUSDRAK, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel,) for appellant.

HOFFMAN & DAVIS, of Chicago, (SOL A. HOFFMAN, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

A declaratory judgment entered by the circuit court of Cook County determined that certain ordinances of the city of Chicago relating to the storage of flammable liquids were invalid as applied to the property of the plaintiff, Bulk Petroleum Corporation, and the city has appealed directly to this court.

The ordinances that were held invalid are section 127-5 of the Municipal...

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