City of West Palm Beach v. State Ex Rel. Duffey

BARNS, J.:

Appellee sought a building permit from the Building Inspector of the City of West Palm Beach which was refused whereupon the appellee brought mandamus proceedings to compel issuance of such permit. From a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the issuance of the permit by the City and its Building Inspector, they appeal.

According to the answer of the appellants to an alternative writ of mandamus the basis for its refusal of a permit was as follows:

“... an examination of the plans and specifications showed, among other defects, that the building would contain only five small rooms,…