County of DuPage v. Molitor

In 1952 the County of DuPage filed a complaint to enjoin Alfred Molitor from operating a slaughterhouse in a district zoned for farming under the county’s 1935 zoning ordinance, and defendant filed an answer to the complaint. In 1957 the county revised and amended in its entirety the 1935 ordinance by the substitution in lieu thereof, of its 1957 zoning ordinance. In 1959 a special master reported that the 1935 ordinance was valid and that defendant’s use of his property was forbidden by the ordinance. On this report, the Circuit Court of DuPage County entered a decree enjoining defendant…