Michaels v. Village of Franklin

This case presents a single issue of the constitutionality of a zoning ordinance classifying plaintiffs’ land residential rather than commercial as requested by plaintiffs and as approved by the village planning commission. Following denial of their request by the village council, plaintiffs filed suit in circuit court. April 24, 1974, the court rendered judgment for plaintiffs, holding the single residence zoning of plaintiffs’ property invalid and unconstitutional as to plaintiffs’ property. Defendant village appeals as of right.

The village of Franklin, "the town that time forgot”, is a…