Holdsworth v. Hague

Pee Cueiam.

This case is before ns on the return to an alternative writ of mandamus to compel the issuance of a permit by the respondents to the relators for the erection of a building on Sip avenue in Jersey City.

The proposed structure is a building in similitude of a dining car, erected, however, on permanent foundations.

It is admitted that the application for the permit is in due form, and that no present legal objection exists to the construction 'of such a building, but it is urged that the respondents are engaged in making a survey of the city with the view to the adoption of a zoning…