Hartman v. City of Chicago

The circuit court of Cook county dismissed a petition for mandamus against the city of Chicago and its commissioner of buildings to require the issuance of a building permit, and the validity of a municipal ordinance being involved the petitioner sued out a writ of error from this court, the trial judge having certified that in his opinion the public interest so required.

The only question in the case is the reasonableness of section 605 of the Chicago code of 1911. That section, so far as material here, provides that in all buildings of ordinary construction, where the use of wood lath and…