Chapman v. County of Will

Plaintiffs, South Holland Trust and Savings Bank, as trustee of certain real estate, and William and Herman Chapman, as sole owners of the beneficial interest of the trust, filed a declaratory judgment action in the circuit court of Will County seeking to set aside a decision of the Will County board of supervisors which denied a change in zoning classification. While the reclassification was approved by a majority of the board members, it failed to gain a three-fourths approval as would be required by section 5 of the County Zoning Act, if applicable (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 34, par.…