Lapkus Builders, Inc. v. City of Chicago

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, City of Chicago, from a declaratory judgment of the circuit court of Cook County invalidating the city zoning ordinance as applied to plaintiff’s property. The cause has been properly certified to us by the trial court pursuant to section 75(1) (c) of the Civil Practice Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap, 110, par. 75(1) (c)

The realty in question is located on the northeast corner of South Kedzie Avenue and West 85th Street in the city of Chicago and contains an old frame house, a shack and two old garages. Plaintiff purchased the property in 1961 for…