Whitsel v. County of Cook

Daniel C. Whitsel and Frank E. War decker, trustees of the Arthur T. Galt Trust, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against the county of Cook, seeking judgment' declaring section 17 of defendant’s zoning ordinance unconstitutional and void as applied to plaintiffs’ property, and enjoining defendant from enforcing the ordinance against them. Defendant’s answer included a plea of res judicata, which was stricken on motion of plaintiffs. Defendant then withdrew other portions of its answer, electing to stand on the defense of res judicata, and the court entered judgment in…