State Ex Rel. Cunagin Constr. Corp. v. Creech

This comes before us on a petition for a writ of mandamus, filed by a corporation seeking a permit to use certain real estate as a trailer park, to compel respondents to act upon its request.

The controversy, in one form or another, has been before the courts on several occasions. Therefore, a recitation of events is essential to an understanding of our resolution of the issues.

In October 1967, relator made application to the Council of the city of Fairfield for a permit to construct and install a trailer park on real estate on which they had an option. After administrative processing the…