MARTIN v. CITY OF ROCKFORD

No. 37472.

27 Ill.2d 373 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 280

KENNETH F. MARTIN et al., Appellees, v. THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM E. COLLINS, of Rockford, for appellant.

WILLIAMS, McCARTHY & KINLEY, of Rockford, (JOHN R. KINLEY and ELMER C. RUDY, of counsel,) for appellees.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the defendant, City of Rockford, from a declaratory judgment holding the city's zoning ordinance unconstitutional and void as applied to plaintiffs' land.

The property in question is an irregular tract containing about 3/4 of an acre with a frontage of 178.88 feet on the north side of the 3300 block of East State Street, a four-lane highway also designated...

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