State Ex Rel. Ammerman v. City of Philippi

GiveN, Judge:

In this original proceeding in mandamus, praying for a peremptory writ requiring the proper officials of the City of Philippi, a municipal corporation, to issue a permit authorizing him to erect a one story building “to be used for the purpose of automobile tire recapping shop”, the petitioner alleges that an application for the permit was duly filed with the city council; that the application conformed with all requirements of the ordinance of the city as to form and content; and that the permit was refused without any valid reason therefor. The respondents filed a demurrer to…