Atkins v. County of Cook

The county of Cook appeals directly to this court from a decree of the circuit court of Cook County in a declaratory judgment action holding the county zoning ordinance unconstitutional and void as applied to the property of the plaintiff.

The trial court having certified that the validity of a municipal ordinance is involved and that public interest requires an appeal directly to this court, this court properly has jurisdiction under section 75(1) (c) of the Civil Practice Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap, no, par. 75(1) (c).

All evidence was heard by the master, who found that the zoning…