State ex rel. Rock Road Frontage, Inc. v. Davis

DOWD, Judge.

This is a mandamus action to compel officials of the City of Bridgeton, a municipal corporation, to issue to relators a special use permit and building permit required by a city ordinance to construct and operate a service station.

After a trial on stipulated facts, the testimony of one witness and a number of documentary exhibits, the trial court refused to order the respondents to issue the necessary permits but ordered the respondents to hold a public hearing on the application of relators for a special use permit. The relators have appealed this judgment.

Rock Road Frontage, a…