City of San Antonio v. Zogheib

TAYLOR, Commissioner.

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 Zog-heib desired to erect the filling station intervened, adopting the pleadings of the city and its officers. The trial court, upon findings made by a jury,…