City of San Antonio v. Zogheib

Mr. Judge Taylor

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

Alexander Zogheib, defendant in error here, applied to the City of San Antonio for a permit to erect on a lot owned by him in the city what is known as a “drive-in” filling station. Application for the permit was refused. Thereupon Zogheib filed suit seeking a mandatory injunction against the city to compel the granting of the permit. The Greek Orthodox Church located in the vicinity of the vacant lot upon which Zogheib desired to erect the filling station intervened, adopting the pleadings of the city and its…