Legal Opinion
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. City of Park Ridge
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 29, 1958No. Gen. 47,266PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McCORMICK
This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Cook county denying a writ of mandamus prayed for by the plaintiff and dismissing its petition. The question before us is as to whether a resolution of the city council of Park Ridge could prohibit the issuance of a permit for the erection and operation of a filling station which was a valid use of plaintiff’s property under the then existing zoning ordinance of the city.
On August 11, 1956 Phillips Petroleum Company, the plaintiff herein, entered into a contract for the purchase of certain real estate located at the intersection of…
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