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BENNETT v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 36672.

24 Ill.2d 270 (1962)

181 N.E.2d 96

AMALIA BENNETT, Appellee, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (SYDNEY R. DREBIN and ALLEN HARTMAN, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel,) for appellant.

IMMENHAUSEN & LIFFSHIN, of Chicago, (CHARLES D. SNEWIND, of counsel,) for appellee.

Decree reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a declaratory decree holding the Chicago zoning ordinance void as applied to plaintiff's property. The trial court certified that the validity of an ordinance is involved and that the public interest requires direct appeal.

The subject property consists of three vacant lots with a frontage on Irving Park Road of 79.4 feet and extending north 125 feet along...

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