Morris G. Laramie & Son, Inc. v. Southfield Township Building Inspector

Plaintiff brought an action of mandamus for the purpose of compelling the defendant Frank Gidley, building inspector for the township of South-field (Oakland county),.and the defendant township of Southfield, to issue a building permit under zoning ordinance No 118 of said township, authorizing the plaintiff to construct a building upon, and to use for the purposes of its business, certain property that plaintiff owned in Southfield township. The trial court ordered that the writ issue, from which order defendants took an appeal in the nature of certiorari.

Among other things, the said…