Reitman v. Village of River Forest

Mr. ChiEE Justice Klingbiel

delivered the opinion of the court:

Robert Reitman and his wife, the owners of a lot in the village of River Forest, brought a declaratory judgment action in the circuit court of Cook County to construe certain zoning provisions or, in the alternative, to declare them unconstitutional and void. Evidence was taken before a master, who recommended that relief be denied. The plaintiffs’ exceptions were sustained, and the report was disapproved. The court found both that the ordinance “does not lend itself to the interpretation” urged by the defendants, and that “as…