Brown v. Board of Appeals.

The question involved in this case concerns the validity of a certain amendment to section 19 of the zoning ordinance of the city of Springfield requiring in the certain district therein specified that no building shall be erected the height of which shall be less than forty feet on the frontage line. The circuit court of Sangamon county held this section of the ordinance invalid and granted an appeal to this court, certifying that the validity of an ordinance was involved and that the public interest required that the appeal be brought directly here.'

The matter arose by a petition for a writ…