Provus v. City of Chicago

These interlocutory appeals have been taken by the City of Chicago from temporary injunctions granted by the Circuit Court pending determination of two declaratory judgment actions. The plaintiffs in the two suits are essentially the same, and the complaints and proceedings are the same except that they involve two different premises. The appeals have, therefore, been consolidated in this court.

The complaints seek a declaration as to whether plaintiffs’ buildings, in their present status, violate the applicable building, housing, and zoning ordinances of the City of Chicago. They allege that…