State ex rel. Russell v. Beattie
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Thayer, J.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The case on behalf of the appellant has been ably presented, but we have not had the benefit of any argument or brief on behalf of the respondent. We have, *132nevertheless to decide as best we can, a question involving very considerable public interest.
The defendant was, at the time when this suit was prosecuted in the circuit court, the commissioner of public buildings of the city of St. Louis. In virtue of his office it was, under an ordinance of the city, his duty to grant permits for the erection of private buildings within the city. The plaintiff made an application to the defendant for a…
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