Applestein v. Mayor of Baltimore

This appeal grows out of a protracted and bitter controversy over the location of a drug store and a grocery store in a building at the northwest corner of Gwynn Oak and Oxford Avenues in Baltimore City, and involves the following facts:

The building is a two-story brick and tile structure, the first floor of which is adapted for store purposes while the second story is divided into apartments. It is owned by Harry Applestein and Rena Applestein, his wife, who on November 8th, 1927, applied to the buildings engineer of Baltimore City, also referred to as the zoning commissioner, for permission…