Ewing v. City of Springfield

HOGAN, Judge.

This is a declaratory judgment action in which plaintiffs, as owners of several contiguous tracts in Springfield, sought to have the City’s general zoning ordinance declared invalid as to the land described in the petition on the ground that it was unreasonable, arbitrary and confiscatory as so applied. The trial court found for the plaintiffs, and the City has appealed.

We have had first to examine the question of our jurisdiction. The City assures us, without citation of authority, that the case involves only the application, not the construction, of constitutional provisions;…