People Ex Rel. Gutknecht v. City of Chicago

This case involves the validity of the 1949 amendments to the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947. It is here upon appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County which dismissed, after a trial, a quo warranto action brought upon the relation of the. State’s Attorney of Cook County against the Chicago Land Clearance Commission, the city of Chicago, and the State Housing Board.

As originally enacted, the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, chap. 67^2, pars. 63 to 91,) was concerned with “slum and blighted areas” which were found to contribute to, and…