Pringle v. City of Chicago

William L. Pringle and Leighla Pringle, his wife, plaintiffs-appellants, filed a complaint in equity in the circuit court of Cook County to enjoin the city of Chicago from enforcing the provisions of a zoning ordinance in so far as the same prohibited the use of appellants’ property as a two-family dwelling. They contend the ordinance, as it relates to appellants’ property, is unconstitutional and void. The master found the facts and the equities to be with the appellants and recommended a decree. The chancellor sustained objections to this report and dismissed the cause for want of equity.…