Federal Electric Co. v. Zoning Board of Appeals

This appeal was taken by the zoning board of appeals of the village of Mount Prospect and its superintendent of building construction to reverse a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County which held the zoning ordinance of the village invalid. A constitutional question as to the validity of the ordinance is presented and the trial judge certified that the validity of a municipal ordinance was involved and that the public interest required the appeal be taken directly to this court.

In 1924 Zenith Radio Corporation acquired this property which was located in the northeast corner of the…