FIRST NAT. BK. OF SKOKIE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 36842.

25 Ill.2d 366 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 181

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SKOKIE, Appellee, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (SYDNEY R. DREBIN and JOHN J. O'TOOLE, Assistants Corporation Counsel, of counsel,) for appellant.

HOWARD B. BRYANT and MELVIN A. WEINSTEIN, both of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment holding the 1957 zoning ordinance of the city of Chicago void as to plaintiff's property, the trial court having certified that the validity of an ordinance is involved.

The property in question was formerly a part of a tract 450 feet by 125 feet. It is in an area zoned R-3, which permits one-family, two-family and multiple-family...

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