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CHICAGO & N.W. RY. CO. v. CITY OF DES PLAINES

Gen. No. 51,891.

97 Ill. App.2d 201 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 280

Chicago and North Western Railway Company, a Wisconsin Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. City of Des Plaines, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Rehearing denied September 11, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yates, Haider & Burke, of Chicago (John T. Burke, of counsel), for appellant.

Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock, McDugald & Parsons, of Chicago (Richard F. Babcock, R. Marlin Smith, and Beardsley Ruml, II, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a zoning case. The property in dispute is in the City of Des Plaines and is zoned for single-family residences. It is owned by the plaintiff, the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, which desires to develop it for industrial purposes — with the expectation that the industries to be located there will furnish additional business for its transportation facilities.

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