City of Moline Acres v. Heidbreder

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

In this proceeding the City of Mo-line Acres, a municipal corporation, sought to enjoin the defendants from operating a two-family or multiple dwelling unit in an area zoned for single-family dwellings. The trial court issued a permanent injunction accordingly, giving defendants 120 days in which to comply. After an unsuccessful motion for a new trial, defendants appealed. A constitutional question has been present in the case throughout its course, hence our jurisdiction.

The controversy here had its birth in the adoption by the Village of Moline Acres of Ordinance No.…