City of Yale v. Davenport

The plaintiff in error was defendant in the trial court, .and the defendants in error were plaintiffs. They will be referred to as they appeared therein. The plaintiffs are in the business of moving houses. On the 5th day of October, 1985, they filed an application in the district court for a writ of mandamus to require the proper authorities to Issue a permit to move certain dwelling houses in the city of Yale, Okla. Omitting the formal parts, it is as follows:

“That the plaintiffs are engaged in the business and occupation of moving buildings; that one Sam Patton has contracted with said…