Menzel v. Niles Co.

E. N. Bates at one time owned lots in block 9 fronting east on Steele street, and lots across the street in block 8 facing west, the property being situate in Colfax Avenue Subdivision in the city of Denver. These lots are in a restricted district created by city ordinance which made it unlawful to build an apartment house therein for more than four families unless a majority of the owners of property facing on both sides of the street in the same block approved of its erection, which ap proval must have their written signatures and be filed with the city building- inspector at the time the…