Legal Opinion

Galt v. County of Cook

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 22, 1950No. 30932PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Arthur T. Galt and Ida Cook Galt, his wife, from a decree of the superior court of Cook County sustaining the validity of the Cook County zoning ordinance to the extent it classifies part of a certain tract of land owned by plaintiffs in a residential district. The defendant, the county of Cook, prosecutes a" cross appeal from the remaining part of the decree invalidating and enjoining the enforcement of a special building-line restriction in its application to all of the same tract of land. The trial judge has certified that the validity of a municipal…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Forbes v. HubbardIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Evanston Best Co., Inc. v. GoodmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Harmon v. City of PeoriaIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  4. People Ex Rel. Joseph Lumber Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  5. The County of Du Page v. HendersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1949

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. La Salle National Bank v. County of CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
  2. First Nat. Bank of Lake Forest v. County of LakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Trust Co. of Chicago v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Fifteen Fifty North State Building Corp. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Bredberg v. City of WheatonIllinois Supreme Court · 1962

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