Roman Catholic Welfare Corp. v. City of Piedmont

— This is a proceeding in mandamus by petitioner, the Roman Catholic Welfare Corporation of San Francisco, to compel the issuance of a building permit for the construction of a building to be used for an elementary school in which secular and religious subjects were to be taught. The building permit was denied on the sole ground that a zoning ordinance of the city of Piedmont prohibited the construction of any school within Zone A, where petitioner’s land is located, except public schools under the jurisdiction of the board of education of the city of Piedmont. In Zone A, there are three…