State ex rel. Twin City Building & Investment Co. v. Houghton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of the Twin City Building & Investment Company the district court for Hennepin county granted its alternative writ of mandamus directed to James G. Houghton, as inspector of buildings of the city of Minneapolis, commanding him to issue to relator a permit and license to install electric wiring in a certain building, or show cause why he had not done so.
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Upon the relation of the Twin City Building & Investment Company the district court for Hennepin county granted its alternative writ of mandamus directed to James G. Houghton, as inspector of buildings of the city of Minneapolis, commanding him to issue to relator a permit and license to install electric wiring in a certain building, or show cause why he had not done so. The matter was heard before Molyneaux, J., who sustained plaintiff’s demurrer to the return of respondent and ordered that the permit issue. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, the inspector of…
1Opinion of the Court
*7The following opinions were filed October 24, 1919:
Dibell, J.1
Mandamus on the relation of the Twin City Building & Improvement Company against James G. Houghton, inspector of buildings of Minneapolis, to compel him to issue a building permit. There was an answer to the alternative writ to which a demurrer was sustained and judgment was then entered for the relator from which the defendant appeals.
The question is upon the right of the relator to construct a three-story apartment building upon property which he owns in Minneapolis. His right to do so is conceded, unless he is prevented because…
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- Brede v. Minnesota Crushed Stone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- State ex rel. Lachtman v. HoughtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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