People Ex Rel. Joseph Lumber Co. v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County denying a writ of mandamus sought by the Joseph Lumber Company, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, and finding the issues for the city of Chicago, hereinafter referred to as defendant.

Plaintiff filed a complaint on January 22, 1948, to compel the commissioner of buildings of the defendant city to examine building plans and specifications for a lumber yard and to issue a permit for proposed buildings if the plans and specifications complied with all the valid building ordinances. The complaint in substance alleges that…