Cendon v. H. G. Hill Stores, Inc.

This is a mandamus proceeding to compel the granting of a writ of injunction, to enjoin the defendant from having a meat market in a building on the rear part of the lot designated as 3425 St. Charles avenue. The plaintiffs are lessees of stands where they have meat markets in the Ninth street public market, under leases from the city; and they contend that the defendant’s having a private market on the lot No. 3425 St. Charles avenue is a violation of Ordinance No. 7361, which makes it unlawful to have a private meat market “within thirty-two hundred feet, walking distance, from any public…