Marquette National Bank v. County of Cook

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, the county of Cook, from a declaratory judgment order declaring a county zoning ordinance invalid as applied to the property of the plaintiffs. The order was entered by the superior court of Cook County and the trial judge has certified that the validity of a municipal ordinance is involved. The plaintiffs have exhausted all administrative remedies. No questions are raised on the pleadings.

The trial court heard the evidence and found that the Cook County zoning ordinance, as amended, which classified plaintiffs’ property as R-3 (single-family…