Fidelity Laboratories, Inc. v. Oklahoma City

The Fidelity Laboratories, Inc., on September 26, 1940, made application to the building superintendent of Oklahoma City for a building permit to make repairs and alterations to buildings used by it for the operation of its plant located at 1838 Southwest 13th street, in Oklahoma City. The application designated the plant as a “biological and pharmaceutical laboratory.” The repairs were not to cost in excess of $1,200 and the assessed valuation of the buildings was $49,000. The permit was refused by the building superintendent and an appeal was prosecuted to the board of adjustment, where the…