Rogers v. City of Jerseyville

The plaintiffs, Jay and Raelene Rogers, Clifford and Thea Jones, Jim and Barbara Lumma, bring this appeal from judgment of the circuit court of Jersey County. They contest the circuit court’s declaring valid an ordinance of defendant City of Jerseyville (Jerseyville) which rezoned the subject property, and upholding an additional ordinance which vacated some of the streets in the subdivision.

In October 1987, the defendant Sinclair Food Markets, Inc. (Sinclair), purchased a piece of land consisting of approximately 28 acres within the southern boundary of Jerseyville. Sinclair intended to…