People ex rel. Gutknecht v. Emerson

JUDGE FRIEND

delivered the opinion of the court. Plaintiffs brought suit to enjoin the defendant, John Emerson, from commercially using, or allowing a two-story converted barn (popularly known as the Play Barn) on his property to be commercially used, as a dance hall or a general recreational hall for the private entertainment of various groups of people renting the facilities. The complaint alleged such use to be a public nuisance, as well as a violation of the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of Cook county (secs. 7 and 16), approved and adopted August 20,1940. By agreement of the parties,…