Legal Opinion

People Ex Rel. Publicity Leasing Co. v. . Ludwig

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 11, 1916PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from, an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 14, 1916, which reversed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus and granted said motion. The facts, so far as material, are referred to in the opinion. The Mecca Realty Company acquired a vested right under the license. (Southern Leasing Co. v. Ludwig, 168 App. Div. 233; Hinman v. Clarke, 121 App.

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Appeal from, an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 14, 1916, which reversed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus and granted said motion. The facts, so far as material, are referred to in the opinion. The Mecca Realty Company acquired a vested right under the license. (Southern Leasing Co. v. Ludwig, 168 App. Div. 233; Hinman v. Clarke, 121 App. Div. 105; City of Buffalo v. Chadeayne, 134 N. Y. 163; Dobbins v. Los Angeles, 195 U. S. 223; People ex rel. Lodes v. Dept. of Health, 189 N. Y.…

1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.

This is a special proceeding by which a writ of peremptory mandamus is sought to compel the superintendent of buildings in the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, to remove a roof sign structure therein described.

The material facts appearing in the record are stated in the opinion in the Appellate Division herein, and it is unnecessary to repeat them. (People of the State of New York ex rel. Publicity Leasing Co. v. Ludwig, 172 App. Div. 71.) The expenditures which the appellant Mecca Realty Company alleges that it made before and after February 19, 1914, and prior to the enactment…

2Cases cited3 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. People ex rel. Publicity Leasing Co. v. LudwigAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Rice v. Van VrankenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
  2. Cromwell v. FerrierNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
  3. Moore v. GallupAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
  4. Fox Lane Corp. v. MannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
  5. Matter of Mid-State Advertising Corp. v. BondNew York Court of Appeals · 1937

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