Bowman v. Board of Councilmen, Etc.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sims

Reversing.

William 0. Bowman and Charles Rogers owned a corner lot located in Elizabethtown on the south side of Dixie Avenue where Robertson-Street runs into the Avenue. They had an agency to sell motor cars and intended to build a garage and filling station on this lot. In compliance with a city ordinance they applied to the council for a building permit. The council did not act upon their application and appellants started grading their lot preparatory to building thereon. Previously, the council had passed an ordinance on July 16, 1945, which made it…