State Ex Rel. Dickson v. Harrison

Relator is the owner of lot No. 124, Bellair subdivision of the city of Shreveport. He applied to the building inspector of the city for a permit to erect a gasoline filling station and store building on said lot. The building inspector refused to issue the permit, and relator brought this mandamus proceeding to compel its issuance. From a judgment in favor of the respondent and against relator recalling and annulling the alternative writ of mandamus, and rejecting relator's demands at his cost, he appealed.

When relator's application for the permit was filed, there was then in force two…