Kramer v. City of Jefferson

This is a damage suit wherein Herman Kramer is plaintiff and the City of Jefferson and Gustave V. Schwartz, building inspector of said city, are defendants. The claim for damages is based on the refusal of Schwartz, as building inspector, to grant plaintiff a certain building permit. The refusal to grant said permit was based on a zoning ordinance then in effect and which was thereafter judicially adjudged to be void. Jury trial resulted in verdict for plaintiff against both defendants. From the judgment rendered thereon both defendants appeal.

Plaintiff was the owner of a certain town lot,…