Delta Oil Sales Co. v. Holmes

This proceeding involves the right of the Delta Oil Sales Company, Inc., appellant, to obtain a permit, under ordinances of the city of Petersburg, Virginia, from T. Price Samuel, building inspector of that city, to construct and operate a public gasoline or oil filling station on a lot of land leased by it from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.

The lot of land involved is located at the southeast corner of W. Washington and Perry streets, fronting 100 feet on the east side of Perry street and .running back therefrom 111 feet on the southern side of Washington street. The city block in…