People ex rel. Pershing Palace v. Dever

This is an appeal by the respondents, William E. Dever, Mayor of the City of Chicago, Al F. Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Chicago, and Frank E. Doherty, Commissioner of Buildings of the City of Chicago, from an order in a mandamus proceeding directing Frank E. Doherty, Commissioner of Buildings of the City of Chicago, to approve the application of the petitioner, the Pershing Palace, for a license to conduct a public place of amusement at the premises at 6400 Cottage Grove avenue, in the City of Chicago, and directing William E. Dever, Mayor of the City of Chicago, and Al F. Gorman, City…