Hall v. Mayor of Jersey City

The relator obtained from this court a rule to show cause why the respondents should not issue to him a permit to erect a gasoline station upon his premises in the city of Jersey City.

An application for a permit was first made, as is required by the ordinance of Jersey City, to the respondents, for the erection of the gasoline station.

The respondents gave notice of and held a public hearing, at which hearing adjacent property owners, by counsel, objected to the proposed service station on the ground that the street was one of Jersey City’s main arteries; that it would be dangerous to…