Anchor Steel & Conveyor Co. v. City of Dearborn

Defendants, city of Dearborn, et al., have appealed upon leave granted from a judgment of the circuit court of Wayne county granting plaintiff Anchor Steel & Conveyor Company a peremptory writ of mandamus ordering the issuance of building permits and certificates of compliance.

The plaintiff corporation is engaged in the manufacture and installation of conveyor systems for various industries. In 1948 it acquired, by purchase, an existing manufacturing building located in the city of Dearborn on the east side of Kingsley .avenue and bounded on the north by Blesser avenue.

Prior to the purchase…