FIRSTBANK CO. v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

No. 4-93-0180.

625 N.E.2d 804 (1993)

253 Ill. App.3d 844

192 Ill.Dec. 649

FIRSTBANK COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided November 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Zerkle, Douglas T. Wilcox, argued, Office of Corp. Counsel, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

J. Patrick Joyce, Jr., argued, Brown, Hay & Stephens, Springfield, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant City of Springfield (City) appeals an order of the circuit court of Sangamon County finding an existing zoning ordinance invalid as applied to a tract of land owned by plaintiff Firstbank Company and finding use of the subject property as a mobile home park reasonable and appropriate. We affirm.

Plaintiff acquired this property in 1985 when the original developer failed. The property's 38 acres are...

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