State Ex Rel. Holcombe v. City of Lake Charles

This is a mandamus proceeding to compel the building inspector of the city of Lake- Charles to issue a permit to the relator to construct and. operate a gasoline filling station on his property in the city. The only reason for the refusal to grant the permit was that the relator’s property was within the limits prescribed by a zoning ordinance, forbidding the construction or use of any building for any commercial or business purpose within the defined limits. The relator contended that the ordinance (being Ordinance No. 437 Commission Series) was null because its adoption was not in…