State Ex Rel. May v. Hartson

This is an appeal from a judgment and decree denying appellants their request for a writ of mandate instructing the city of Havre’s building inspector to command Rudy Tramelli and Bob Murray, Jr., Contractors, to conform their apartment buildings which are now in the process of being built to the zoning requirements of residential rather than commercial buildings.

The city of Havre on August 5, 1974, adopted a new zoning 'Ordinance. The ordinance, City of Havre Ordinance No. 599, allows about 370 different uses for the various zoning districts. Through a clerical error, the ordinance failed to…