Van Arsdel v. Addison Township

This is a case attacking the validity of a zoning ordinance. The trial court, sitting without a jury, heard the case and issued a comprehensive finding of facts in his opinion, which the record sustains, and which we quote:

“Plaintiff Billy M. Van Arsdel, a property owner and real estate broker, purchased 154 acres of land in Section 19 of Addison Township, defendant, on July 28, 1966. At that time and until the present the permitted use under the township zoning ordinance is “agricultural”. In such areas only one-family dwellings on not less than ten-acre parcels are allowed.

“In the fall of…