Pelham View Apartments, Inc. v. Switzer

The Pelham View Apartments, Inc., has moved this court for a peremptory order of mandamus to compel William H. Switzer, as inspector of buildings of the city of New Rochelle, to cancel his revocation of a building permit for an apartment house previously issued by him.

It appears without dispute that the petitioner purchased the real property in question, relying upon his right to the original permit issued to him to build a building, and that he paid a substantial sum of money on account of the purchase price for the same; V ,;t he thereafter employed the services of an architect, who…