AMER. NAT. BK. & TR. CO. v. COOK COUNTY

No. 37477.

27 Ill.2d 468 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 305

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Trustee, Appellee, v. THE COUNTY OF COOK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (THOMAS A. HETT, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for appellant.

HASKINS, MAGUIRE & HASKINS, of Chicago, (ROBERT E. HASKINS and C.W. ECKERT, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

In a declaratory judgment action brought by the plaintiff, American National Bank and Trust Co., the circuit court of Cook County held that the R-3 classification contained in the Cook County zoning ordinance, as applied to plaintiff's property, was unconstitutional. The county has appealed directly to this court in view of the trial court's certification that in the public interest...

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