Griffin v. City of North Chicago

Defendant, City of North Chicago, appeals from the declaratory judgment entered on December 23, 1981, in the circuit court of Lake County in favor of plaintiffs, Harold Griffin and Lake County Forest Preserve District (the Forest Preserve). On appeal, defendant argues that section 6 of “An Act to provide for the creation and management of forest preserve districts in counties having a population of less than 3,000,000” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 96V2, par. 6309) (the Act) prohibits plaintiffs from consummating their real estate sales contract, executed on February 20, 1981, without…