INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. v. ZONING BOARD

Gen. No. 48,759.

43 Ill. App.2d 440 (1963)

193 N.E.2d 856

International Harvester Company, a Corporation, Aero Mayflower Transit Company, Inc., a Corporation, Columbia Tool Steel Company, a Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Chicago, Illinois, Kedzie Iron & Metal Company, Inc., a Corporation, Direct Steel Service Corp., a Corporation, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co., a Corporation, Security Alloys Co., a Corporation, Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co., a Corporation, United States Steel Supply Co., a Corporation, Douglas Food Corp., a Corporation, Martin Senour Co., a Corporation, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co., a Corporation, Central Manufacturing District Trust, W. Wood Prince, et al., Trustees, West Chemical Products, Inc., a Corporation, National Can Corp., a Corporation, United States Post Office Department, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

September 18, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevenson, Conaghan, Hackbert, Rooks and Pitts, all of Chicago (Erwin E. Schultze and W. Gerald Thursby, of counsel), for appellants.

Schuyler, Stough and Morris, of Chicago (Daniel M. Schuyler and Edgar D. Ballard, Jr., of counsel), for appellee, Kedzie Iron & Metal Company, Inc., and John C. Melaniphy, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Sydney R. Drebin and Robert J. Collins, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellee, Zoning Board of Appeals.


MR. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

One of the defendants, the Kedzie Iron & Metal Company, Inc., filed an application for a special use permit with the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Chicago. Its application was approved. Three objectors (the plaintiffs-appellants) brought an administrative review action seeking to reverse the decision of the zoning board. The Superior Court affirmed the decision and the objectors have appealed.

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