State ex rel. Lachtman v. Houghton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of Samuel Lachtman the district court for Hennepin county granted its alternative writ of mandamus directing James G. Houghton, as inspector of buildings for the city of Minneapolis, to issue to the relator a permit for the electrical wiring of a certain building described in the writ or show cause why he had not done so.
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Upon the relation of Samuel Lachtman the district court for Hennepin county granted its alternative writ of mandamus directing James G. Houghton, as inspector of buildings for the city of Minneapolis, to issue to the relator a permit for the electrical wiring of a certain building described in the writ or show cause why he had not done so. The answer of respondent set up the ordinance of the city council regulating the construction of buildings within that city and an ordinance amending the former ordinance passed on August 20, 1915, designating certain districts as industrial districts and…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, O.
The relator owns two lots on Fourteenth avenue south in the city of Minneapolis, and, on August 12, 1915, procured from the building inspector of that city a permit for the erection of a small one story store building thereon. Immediately thereafter, he contracted with the Hennepin Lumber Company to erect the building, and also executed to Aaron Rudoy a-lease of the building so to be erected for a term of two years for .use as a store. Pursuant to the contract and before August 20, 1915, the contractor began excavating for the building and delivered some materials therefor upon the…
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