Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. City of Chicago

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a declaratory judgment action in which the plaintiff seeks to construct an apartment building prohibited by a zoning ordinance of the City of Chicago. The trial court found the ordinance invalid as applied to the plaintiff’s property, and the City appeals.

The property is held in trust and the beneficial interest is owned by a practicing attorney of wide experience in real estate appraisals and development. The beneficiary had bought and sold other property in the same vicinity including a three-apartment building a block…