Legal Opinion
Palmer v. Fox
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 12, 1953No. Civ. 19538PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOTT (Robert H.), J. pro tem.
Plaintiffs are husband and wife who own vacant residential property in the city of Palos Verdes Estates, county of Los Angeles. They desire to construct on their property a single family residence.
A petition for a writ of mandate was filed in the trial court seeking to compel the issuance of a building permit to enable them to proceed with the construction. It named as principal defendant the chief engineer of the county department of building and safety. He had been employed under contract with the city of Palos Verdes Estates to process applications and issue…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Drummey v. State Board of Funeral Directors & EmbalmersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
- Inglin v. HoppinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
- American Distilling Co. v. City Council of SausalitoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Consolidated Printing & Publishing Co. v. AllenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- McGinnis v. Mayor and Common CouncilCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Associated Home Builders of Greater Eastbay, Inc. v. City of LivermoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Bruce v. GregoryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- Lerner v. Los Angeles City Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- David N. Sederquist, Jr., and Marilyn T. Sederquist v. City of Tiburon, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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