People ex rel. Lincoln Ice Co. v. City of Chicago

The Lincoln Ice Company filed a petition in the circuit court of 'Cook county against the city of Chicago and certain of its municipal officers, praying for a writ of mandamus to compel respondents to issue to petitioner a building permit for the construction of a building, to be used in connection with the-business of manufacturing and selling ice, on certain described vacant lots belonging to said petitioner. The petition alleged a compliance with all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary to entitle the petitioner to a building permit, and unless the matter set up in the answer of the…