Legal Opinion
Miller v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Decided February 27, 1925No. Docket No. L.A. 8012PublishedCited by 337 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLennon, J.
This proceeding in mandamus was instituted in the superior court of the county of Los Angeles to compel the respondents, the Board of Public Works of the City of Los Angeles, to issue to plaintiffs a permit to erect a four-family flat dwelling on a tract of land located on West Adams Street in said city. At the time the plaintiffs first made application to the board for a building permit an existing zoning ordinance of said city did not prohibit the erection of four-family flat dwellings in residence district No. 20, wherein plaintiffs’ lot was located. A permit for the erection of such…
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