Johnson v. City of Chicago

This is an action for declaratory judgment wherein the plaintiff, Emil Johnson, sought to have declared invalid certain portions of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance as comprehensively amended May 29, 1957, to the effect that the ordinance prevents the use of lots providing 3,306 square feet of lot area for the erection of a single family dwelling under the R2 zoning and to have declared the plaintiff’s right to build a family dwelling pursuant to a permit previously issued to him by the City of Chicago.

In 1954 the plaintiff and his wife acquired the following described property in joint tenancy:

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