State ex rel. Schulman v. City of Cleveland

The question with which this case is concerned is whether a city, which has adopted a general plan that anticipates eventual urban renewal in a given area, may lawfully proceed under its housing and building codes to inspect properties in a badly deteriorated slum area, find what administrative officials declare to be numerous code violations inimical to public safety, health and welfare, give notice to the owners *3that their houses shall be demolished unless violations are corrected, procure from city council an ordinance ordering such buildings to be torn down, and then, on authority of the…