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Sokolis v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District
Apr 23, 1959
21 Ill. App. 2d 178 (Ill. App. Ct. 1959)

Summary

In Sokolis v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Springfield (3rd Dist. 1959), 21 Ill. App.2d 178, 157 N.E.2d 427 (Abstr.), this court considered a case wherein the purchasers paid more than the then worth of property in the expectation of a zoning change or grant of variance. It was there observed that since the plaintiffs deliberately and knowingly put themselves into the position of which they were then complaining, it was difficult to understand the reasoning of the circuit court in its holding that the plight of the plaintiffs was due to unique circumstances.

Summary of this case from Asbach v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Opinion

Gen. No. 10,220. (Abstract of Decision.)

April 7, 1959. Released for publication April 23, 1959.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. CREEL DOUGLASS, Judge, presiding. Circuit Court reversed, and Zoning Board of Appeals affirmed.

William P. Sheehan, City Attorney, for Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Springfield, and Stevens, Herndon Nafziger (James T. Mohan, of counsel) for John P. Hiler, Bernard Dressendorfer, George S. Curry, Daniel R. Buck, E. Marguerite Hiler, Marjorie Dressendorfer, Genevieve C. Curry and Mrs. Daniel R. Buck, defendants-appellants;

no brief filed by appellees.


Not to be published in full.


Summaries of

Sokolis v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District
Apr 23, 1959
21 Ill. App. 2d 178 (Ill. App. Ct. 1959)

In Sokolis v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Springfield (3rd Dist. 1959), 21 Ill. App.2d 178, 157 N.E.2d 427 (Abstr.), this court considered a case wherein the purchasers paid more than the then worth of property in the expectation of a zoning change or grant of variance. It was there observed that since the plaintiffs deliberately and knowingly put themselves into the position of which they were then complaining, it was difficult to understand the reasoning of the circuit court in its holding that the plight of the plaintiffs was due to unique circumstances.

Summary of this case from Asbach v. Zoning Board of Appeals
Case details for

Sokolis v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Case Details

Full title:Albert Sokolis and L.H. Owen, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Zoning Board of…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District

Date published: Apr 23, 1959

Citations

21 Ill. App. 2d 178 (Ill. App. Ct. 1959)
157 N.E.2d 427

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