People ex rel. Roos v. Kaul

The People, on the relation of Edward Roos, filed in the superior court of Cook county a petition for a writ of mandamus commanding the mayor, commissioners, clerk and commissioner of buildings of the village of Forest Park to issue to the relator a permit for the erection of a factory in the village. A trial was had before the court and a judgment was entered denying the writ and dismissing the petition. The relator appealed. The appeal was allowed direct to this court, the trial court certifying that the validity of a municipal ordinance is involved. The appellant also attacks the validity…