City of Lansing v. Dawley

The purpose of this suit was to restrain the defendant from erecting a business building on a lot in the city of Lansing in violation of a zoning ordinance which prohibits the erecting of any building within that area except for residential use.

On April 16, 1927, under the ordinance then in effect, the defendant was refused a permit for the erection of the building. He instituted mandamus proceedings, with the result that the ordinance was held to be invalid and the city was compelled to issue the permit. On June 13, 1927, a valid ordinance covering the same subject-matter was passed by the…