Liebling v. Village of Deerfield

This is an action attacking the constitutionality of the zoning ordinance of the village of Deerfield as applied to a 17-acre tract owned by plaintiff. The trial court entered a decree declaring the ordinance invalid and enjoining the village from enforcing its restrictions against the tract. Upon execution of the statutory certificate, the village appealed directly to this court. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 110, par. 75(1) (c).

The 1953 zoning ordinance classified the tract as R-i and restricted it to single family use with a minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet and minimum house area of…