People Ex Rel. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Village of Elmwood Park

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered in a proceeding for mandamus against defendant, village of Elmwood Park, to compel it to issue a building permit for the erection, construction and maintenance of a motel on certain property and for declaratory judgment declaring plaintiffs’ rights to erect, construct and maintain such motel, and also for injunction to enjoin defendant’s interference and to compel the village and its officials to permit such erection, construction and maintenance. The village zoning ordinance classified plaintiffs’ property as in…