Wright v. France
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 127, Oct. T., 1923, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1923, No. 1596, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Clark Wright v. John France et al. Petition for mandamus. Trial by jury on return denying facts. Before Evans, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Judgment on directed verdict for plaintiff. Defendants appealed. Error assigned was, inter alia, direction for plaintiff, quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaefer,
The burgess and council of the Borough of Forest Hills appeal from the granting of a writ of peremptory mandamus compelling them to issue a permit to plaintiff for the construction of a building on a lot belonging to him in that municipality.
The petition for the writ set forth the kind of structure appellee desired to erect, that it was a combination store and apartment building and was to be erected in compliance with the provisions of the borough ordinance regulating the construction of buildings. The application, in accordance with the borough ordinance, was…
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