Town of Clinton v. Ross

That defendant’s warehouse is so built that by the erection of partitions it can be used for wholesale business establishments may be a fact. Even so, there is nothing in the record to sustain the finding that he erected the building for a dual purpose.

When he obtained a permit to erect a warehouse the designation of Clinton as a tobacco sales market was uppermost in the minds of its people. They, at that time, had cause to feel assured their efforts would be successful. To say that defendant did not have in mind a warehouse to be used for the sale of leaf tobacco would seem to beg the…