State Ex Rel. Oliver Cadillac Co. v. Christopher

For a concise statement of the general nature of this action, its objective and the parties thereto, we quote from appellants' brief:

"This is a proceeding in mandamus, brought by the State at the relation of the Oliver Cadillac Company, a corporation, against the appellants, as Building Commissioner and Director of Public Safety, respectively, of the city of St. Louis, to require them to issue the Oliver Cadillac Company a permit for the erection on a lot at the southwest corner of Lindell Boulevard and Sarah Street, in St. Louis, of a two-story, reinforced-concrete, brick-and-stone building,…