American Smelting & Refining Co. v. City of Chicago

The appellee, (plaintiff,) American Smelting & Refining Company, a corporation, filed its complaint in the circuit court of Cook County, claiming that certain amendments to the Chicago zoning ordinance were unconstitutional and void as affecting its property, because they infringed and contravened the State and Federal constitutions.

The general nature of the complaint was that a tract of land containing some twelve or fourteen acres, belonging to the plaintiff, had been since 1923 located in a zone for manufacturing uses, and that from 1942 until 1947 different amendments had been made until,…