Brown v. City of Joliet

Margaret H. Brown, plaintiff, as the owner of a tract of land in a residential area of Joliet, Illinois, sought to subdivide the tract into lots for development into home sites. In November of 1965 she filed a preliminary plat of the tract with the Planning Commission which she later altered by request and filed again in May of 1966. On May 25, 1966, the Planning Commission of the City of Joliet, following a hearing in regard to the approval of the plat, suggested changes which were made by the plaintiff. A further hearing was held on July 28, 1966, and the Planning Commission then…