Galpin v. Village of River Forest

Defendants, the village of River Forest and its building commissioner, appeal directly from a declaratory judgment entered in the superior court of Cook County declaring the village zoning ordinance unconstitutional as applied to plaintiff’s property. The trial judge certified that this case involved the validity of a municipal ordinance and that the public interest requires a direct appeal to this court (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap, no, par. 75(1) (c),) and, accordingly, this court has jurisdiction.

Defendants contend that the minimum requirement of one-fifth of an acre per single-family…