In Re Petition of Forbes

Appellant, George S.- Forbes, the owner of certain property in the village of River Forest, which village is zoned into residential, commercial and industrial districts,'filed an original petition with the board of appeals created by the zoning ordinance of River Forest, asking that his- property, which is located in “A” district';-where the use of property is-restricted to family residences,-be exemptéd from the operation of said ordinance so that he could use it for business purposes. The board denied the prayer of the petition, and the circuit court of Cook county, on petition of…