Village of Lansing v. Hacker

This is a direct appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Cook County which found that a building owned by Charles Smith, the appellant, had deteriorated in excess of 65% of its value, and ordered the removal of its tenants and its demolition because of the hazards occasioned to public health and safety. The action, which was instituted by appellee, the village of Lansing, in a complaint for declaratory judgment, was predicated on a village ordinance adopted pursuant to the authority granted in section 23-71 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 24, par.…