Urnstein v. Village of Town and Country

BARRETT, Commissioner.

The Village of Town and Country, its board of trustees and its building commissioner appeal from a declaratory judgment decree which adjudges unconstitutional, as applied to the plaintiffs and their private school, a part of the village’s comprehensive zoning ordinance. The village contends, of course, that it was authorized to adopt the ordinance, that it had authority to zone and restrict private schools, that its ordinance was reasonable and that the court erroneously declared it unconstitutional. On the other hand, the respondent owners contend that private and…