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People ex rel. Publicity Leasing Co. v. Ludwig

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 7, 1916PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal by the relator, the Publicity Leasing Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of February, 1916, denying its motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.

1Opinion of the Court

Davis, J.:

The Special Term of this court denied an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the superintendent of buildings to compel the removal of a certain sky sign on the roof of the Mecca building, Forty-eighth street, between *72Broadway and Seventh avenue, New York city. The 0. J. Gude Company and the Mecca Realty Company have intervened by permission.

The Mecca Realty Company, being the lessee of the premises in question, on February 17, 1914, obtained a permit from the superintendent of buildings allowing the alteration of the sky sign referred to, so as to increase its…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. M. Wineburgh Advertising Co. v. MurphyNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
  2. Southern Leasing Co. v. . LudwigNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  3. Southern Leasing Co. v. LudwigAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  4. City of New York v. HerdjeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. LAMAR ADVERTISING OF PENN, LLC, — CROSS-APPELLEE v. TOWN OF ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK, —Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
  2. State v. HillmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
  3. Rice v. Van VrankenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
  4. Fitzgerald v. Merard Holding Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
  5. People Ex Rel. Publicity Leasing Co. v. . LudwigNew York Court of Appeals · 1916

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