Cecil v. Toenjes

The plaintiff-appellant is a lessee of certain real estate in Waterloo, and has an option to purchase the same. Desiring to erect thereon “an automobile filling station,” the appellant made application to the defendant-appellee D. B. Toenjes, then the Waterloo buildinspector, for a license granting the former the right of storing inflammable liquids underground, in connection with the conduct of such business. Whereupon, the building inspector denied the application, because the city, through its council, would not approve it.

At the time in controversy, there was in full force and effect in…