Lawrence v. . Nissen
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PROCEEDINGS in mandamus, beard by 'Harding, J., at chambers, in the city of Winston-Salem, E'orstti-i County, on 13 March, 1917. His Honor dismissed the proceedings and the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The object of this proceeding is to compel the defendants to issue to plaintiff a building permit for the erection of a private hospital upon a certain lot within the corporate limits of the city of Winston-Salem.
The Court finds that the building is to be erected on a lot belonging to plaintiff and used as a private hospital to be conducted for pay; that it is for surgical cases only, and that patients suffering with contagious or infectious diseases will not be admitted.
The west side of the building will be 6 feet from the property line on west side and 12 feet from the east side of the…
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