Dumestre v. Police Jury, Parish of Jefferson

ODOM, Justice.

Plaintiff alleged that he had leased from Frank J. Grefer a certain piece of ground at the corner of Metairie Road and Stella Street in the Parish of Jefferson, for a term of 10 years commencing on August 9, 1939, at a monthly rental of $165, for the purpose of erecting on said property an oil station and garage; that the building inspector appointed by the Police Jury of the Parish of Jefferson had refused to issue a building permit to him on the ground that he had no.t complied with an ordinance of -the police jury governing the operation of oil stations and garages. Plaintiff…