Baird v. Board of Zoning Appeals

This case comes to this court on appeal from the circuit court of Kankakee county. Thomas Baird is plaintiff-appellant. The Board- of Zoning Appeals of the City of Kankakee, Illinois, Allen Cooper, Building Inspector of the City, and the Kankakee Water Company, a corporation, are appellees.

It is undisputed that since 1886 the Kankakee Water Company has operated a water plant on its land for the purpose of furnishing water to the residents of the City of Kankakee and customers in adjoining towns and areas outside the city limits of Kankakee; that the Kankakee River flows generally west through…