Colvin v. Village of Skokie

A declaratory judgment, finding that the zoning-ordinance of the Village of Skokie was invalid insofar as it applied to the plaintiffs’ property, was entered by the Circuit Court. Because the issue in the trial court was the constitutionality of the ordinance in its application to the specific property involved, the village’s appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. In conformity with its new policy pertaining to zoning cases (First Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. City of Evanston, 30 Ill2d 479, 197 NE2d 705 (1964)) that court transferred the case here.

The property in question is presently zoned for…