Roman Catholic Archbishop v. Village of Orchard Lake

Defendants appeal from a decree enjoining them from enforcing a zoning ordinance so as to prevent plaintiffs’ erection and maintenance-of a clrurcli and school on premises owned by them before adoption-of the ordinance' and situated in a zone thereunder restricted to use for private dwellings only.

The trial court found as a fact, from the evidence in the case, which need not be recounted here, that although the ordinance appeared on its face to allow churches and schools, under special permit only, in 3 zones comprising about 10% of the village’s area while prohibiting them in the fourth zone…