State ex rel. Andruss v. Mayor of North Platte

This is a mandamus action to compel the city of North Platte to issue to the relator a permit to operate a gasoline filling station upon her property located within said city. The city council refused to issue the permit. The trial court granted a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the city to issue the permit. The city appeals.

The city of North Platte has regulated filling stations and oil pumps by ordinance. It was pursuant to the provisions of the said ordinance that the relator herein made application for a permit. The city council held a hearing at which numerous protestants were…