People Ex Rel. Altorfer v. City of Peoria

E. J. Altorfer, owner of an unimproved parcel of real estate in the city of Peoria, filed an amended petition in the circuit court of Peoria county for a writ of mandamus directing the then commissioner of buildings to issue to him a permit to erect upon his property a one-story brick building for the sale at retail of groceries, meats, vegetables, canned goods, bakery goods and other similar and allied articles. Fifty-one persons filed a petition seeking leave to intervene as parties defendant. These petitioners alleged that they owned property situated within two blocks of plaintiff’s…