Oak Park National Bank v. City of Chicago

In this declaratory judgment proceeding, the trial court invalidated a zoning ordinance of the City of Chicago as regards its application to property owned by Oak Park National Bank, as Trustee, La Salle National Bank, as Successor Trustee, and the beneficiaries of the trust (plaintiffs). The City of Chicago, sole defendant, appeals.

We will first consider contentions raised by the City with reference to proceedings before the master in chancery to whom the cause was referred and then the zoning issue on its merits. This may be one of the last opinions of this court pertaining to practice…