Exchange Nat. Bk. of Chicago v. County of Cook

Plaintiffs, alleging that the Cook County zoning ordinance is so unreasonable, capricious and discriminatory as to infringe upon their constitutional rights of due process and ecjual protection of the laws, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County for a declaratory judgment that said ordinance is invalid insofar as it relates to their property. After a hearing before a master the court granted the relief sought and the defendant-county has prosecuted this appeal.

The record discloses that plaintiffs, who are the Exchange National Bank, trustee, and the Consolidated Paper Converter…