Ex Parte Evans
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Greenville, December, 1904. Petition to City Council of Greenville by Mrs. Mary Evans for permit to build a house. Upon objection by Mrs. Maude Simmons, the permit was refused. Mrs. Evans appealed to Circuit Court, which reversed the action of the City Council.
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Before Gage, J., Greenville, December, 1904. Petition to City Council of Greenville by Mrs. Mary Evans for permit to build a house. Upon objection by Mrs. Maude Simmons, the permit was refused. Mrs. Evans appealed to Circuit Court, which reversed the action of the City Council. From this order, Mrs. Simmons and City Council appealed. cite: City council did not act as court and no appeal lies: Code of Proc., 358; 32 S. C., 1; 12 S. C., 111. cite: City council acted as a court: Con., art. V., sec. 15; Code of Proc., 358; 19 Stat., 109; 44 S. C., 351; 42 S. C., 184. Ordinance of ipoj repeals by…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
On June 14, 1904, petitioner applied to the board of fire commissioners of the city of Green-ville, under the provisions of the ordinances of said city, for permission to- erect a two-room frame dwelling on Academy street, in said city, and on same day a permit was granted, signed by the chairman of the board of fire commissioners and chief of the fire department; but on the 16 th day of June, 1904, the chief of the fire department revoked said permit and forbade work on said building. On July 5, 1904, the petitioner applied to' the…
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