Emerald Home Builders, Inc. v. Kolton

This is an appeal by the City of Chicago from a judgment ordering it to re-issue a building permit and enjoining it from interfering with plaintiff’s construction on the subject lot.

The facts are essentially undisputed. The property, located at 7002 W. Talcott, Chicago, is a 5000-square-foot portion of a larger lot from which it was severed prior to the • 1957 amendment to the Chicago Zoning Ordinance. Municipal Code of Chicago, ch. 194A.

In October, 1968, plaintiff, by its treasurer, Richard Cross, having responded to an advertisement by the seller, contracted to purchase this lot from…