People ex rel. M. Wineburgh Advertising Co. v. Murphy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, M. Wineburgh Advertising Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 12th day of October, 1908, denying the relator’s application for a perem tory writ of mandamus or for an alternative writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
Appeal from an order denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. The relator is a domestic corporation engaged in the business of constructing and maintaining advertising signs and displaying thereon advertisements of manufacturers, merchants and others for compensation. It desires to erect upon the top of a building in the city of Hew York a metal structure of the class known as “ Sky Signs,” and has applied to the respondent for a permit so to do. This permit the respondent has refused to issue, basing his refusal not upon any defect or inadequacy in the plans for such…
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