Labarbera v. Labarbera

Page 658 LaSalle National Bank and Trust Company (the bank), as trustee under a land trust agreement involving certain property in downtown Chicago for which the bank possessed a permit to connect its sewers to those of the city of Chicago, appeals from the entry by the circuit court of Cook County of a directed verdict and judgment in favor of the city. The judgment was entered by the court after hearing evidence on the banks complaint which alleged that the citys revocation Page 659 of the banks sewer connection permit should be enjoined on the grounds of equitable estoppel and unconstitutionality as a violation of procedural due process, a taking of private property for public use without just compensation, and an invalid exercise of municipal authority to protect public health and safety. In its appeal, the bank alleges reversible error in the trial courts determinations with regard to its equitable estoppel, procedural due process, and taking of private property claims.